Muzaffarnagar: A case has been registered against the brother of an Independent candidate in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls for alleged violation of model code of conduct in Khatoli area of the district, police said on Wednesday.

Rajvir, whose brother Pramod Kumar is contesting from the Khatoli constituency, has been charged with alluring farmers by providing them power transformers for the poll campaigning in the area last evening, they said.

Acting on a complaint, three transformers, that generate electricity for the irrigation purpose, were recovered from two farmers later, they added.

PTI