BJP Councillor Manish Kumar was caught on camera thrashing a sub-inspector who had come with a woman lawyer to eat at a hotel owned by the councilor in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut in the wee hours of Saturday, 20 October.

The sub-inspector had arrived at the hotel with the lawyer to have dinner. The police official and the lawyer reportedly got into an argument with a waiter there. Manish Kumar allegedly beat them up following the scuffle.

Manish Kumar was later taken into custody based on the written statement submitted by the lawyer.