Police said the rivalry between former BJP MLA from Laksar Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion and Independent ML꧑A from Khanpur Umesh Kumar is🎃 well known.
The rivalry between former BJP MLA from Laksar Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion and Independent MLA from Khanpur Umesh Kumar too𓆏k a violent turn on Sunday when both of them allegedly attacked each other's office in Roorkee along with dozens of their supporters. They abused everyoꦍne around, waving pistols in the air.
Both Champion a🔯nd Kumar have been taken into custody based on complaints filed by both sides, Haridwar SSP Pramendra Singh Doval said.
Their ri♊valry is well-known. They often inveigh against each other on social media platforms.
Champion has been taken to the Ranipur police station and Kumar to the Roorkee pol🍨ꦜice station.
A recommendation is also being made to the district magistrate🔥 for the cancellation of their licensed pistols and reconsideration of the security provided to them, Doval said.
No one can be allowed to take 😼the law into their own hands, he said.
Champion was picked up b𒐪y the police from his residence in Dehradun f♎ollowing the incident and taken to Haridwar.
In a video 🍸that has gone viral, he was seen in a police van going from Nehru Colony poℱlice station in Dehradun.
Talk💟ing to reporters from inside the police van, Champion said the Khanpu💛r MLA had attacked his mansion in Landhaura on Saturday night and abused him. What he did today was in reaction to that, Champion said.
"When I reacted, I was picked up. It is aღn injustice. I will fight against it," C🐭hampion told reporters.
His wife Devyani Singh claimed that a complaint was lodged with the police about Umesh Kumar attacking their residen🦩ce in Landhaura at 10.28 pm on Saturday but when no actioꦇn was taken, it became necessary to react to "save our honour".
On Sunday evening, Champion created a ruckus at Kumar's Roorkee office along with dozens of his supporte🍨rs and fired several rounds in the air.
As soon as Kumar learned ab𒐪out Champion's ruckus and firing at his office, he reached Champion's office along with dozens of his supporters and created commotion in a sim💝ilar manner.
Kumar was allegedly running inside Champion's office with 🦹a pistol in his hand, abusing and shouting at him when the police reached the spot.
Kumar alleged that Cham𝔉pion had abused him on social media two d🌼ays ago and had used highly abusive words about his parents.
After this, Kumar reached Champion's palace in Landhaura on Saturday night and abused him while ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚchallenging him. Its video is also going viral on social media𒊎.