Lucknow,

30 May (HS): Police on Friday filed a case against Yogendra Mishra, a joint

commissioner in the Income Tax Department, for allegedly hitting and wounding a

colleague during an office quarrel, according to authorities. The event

occurred about 3 p.m. on Thursday at the Income Tax Office in the Hazratganj

district. Gaurav Garg, the department's

deputy commissioner, was brought to the civil hospital for treatment, officials

said.

Based

on Garg's accusation, a case was filed against Mishra at Lucknow's Hazratganj

police station under different sections of the BNS, including Sections 109(1)

(attempt to murder) and 121(2) (voluntarily causing harm or serious harm to

prevent public servants from doing their duties). There have been no arrests in

this matter so far, according to Ashish Srivastava, Deputy Commissioner of

Police (Central), Lucknow.

Mishra

stated in a series of posts on X that he was obliged to speak out publicly

about intense harassment, character assassination, and fraudulent police

reports filed against him.

He

said that he succeeded Garg in Kanpur in 2022 and discovered severe flaws in

tax investigations during his term. This

resulted in his hostility and a long-running vendetta against me, which he said

was now being weaponized by the police and media. Mishra said that Garg

verbally harassed and beat him on Thursday in front of senior officers. I did not retaliate, and the entire episode

was recorded on CCTV and observed by several senior cops, he stated.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi