Bareilly: A local Samajwadi Party leader and three others have been booked for allegedly looting a roadside restaurant here, police said on wednesday.
The owner of 'Netaji Dhaba' at the National Highway by pass, Anil Patel, has alleged that Sandesh Kannaujia, vice-president of the district unit of the Samajwadi Party, and his three associates ate at the restaurant on Monday night and got involved in a brawl with his worker at the time of payment, police said.
Patel has alleged that besides getting involved in verbal fight, Kannaujia and his associates also looted cash kept at the cash counter. They also broke chairs and threatened before leaving, police said.
A FIR under various sections has been filed against Kannaujia and others and investigations are going on in the case, Superintendent of Police Sameer Saurabh said.
Meanwhile, Kannaujia said that the FIR has been filed by his political adversaries and he didn't visit the restaurant that day.
Kannaujia said the worker who has accused him of loot has been involved in petty thefts in the past and he (Kannaujia) had opposed his actions about a year ago.
