Tej Pratap Yadav, the eldest son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, always remains in the news for various reasons. He got involved with another controversy today when a photojournalist was beaten up by his bodyguards following an altercation in Patna today.
#WATCH Tej Pratap Yadav’s personal security guards in Patna beat a camera person after he allegedly broke the windscreen of Yadav’s car. Tej Pratap Yadav was leaving after casting his vote. Yadav has filed an FIR in the incident. #Bihar pic.twitter.com/u1KzKDCGBG
— ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2019
According to reports, when Tej Pratap Yadav was leaving a polling station in Patna after casting his vote on Sunday morning, the feet of one cameraman came under the wheels of his car when he was trying to photograph Tej. This led to an argument between the two sides, and in anger, the journalist hit the windscreen of the Mercedes car with his camera, which resulted in the windscreen getting cracked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR70nuDu9BE
Seeing the luxury car of the leader being vandalised, the bodyguards of Tej Pratap thrashed the photojournalist, and also misbehaved with other media personnel present there. Shockingly, Tej Pratap Yadav, who has de declared himself as ‘dusra lalu’, remained mute spectator to this and didn’t intervene when his bodyguards were beating the journalist.
आज मतदान करने के बाद जब मतदान केंद्र से बाहर आ रहा था उस वक्त मेरे ऊपर जानलेवा हमला किया गया जिसमें मेरी गाड़ी क्षतिग्रस्त हो गई और हमारे ड्राइवर और सुरक्षाकर्मियों को गंभीर चोटें आई हैं। pic.twitter.com/7radaJKMwm
— Tej Pratap Yadav (@TejYadav14) May 19, 2019
On the other hand, Tej Pratap Yadav said that his bouncers have not done anything wrong. He said that his car was attacked in a conspiracy to kill him. Tej Pratap tweeted that apart from damage to his car, his driver and security guards were also seriously injured.
आज मेरे और मेरे ड्राइवर एवं सुरक्षाकर्मी पर हुए हमले पर मैंने हवाई अड्डा थाना में शिकायत दर्ज करवाई। pic.twitter.com/v33Z9V4ax4
— Tej Pratap Yadav (@TejYadav14) May 19, 2019
He has also filed an FIR against the journalist after the incident. He has alleged that when he came out after voting, media personnel surrounded his car and staged a life-threatening attack on him. He also posted a photo of his driver, saying that he was injured in his eyes.