Even as the spat between Samajwadi Party leaders Amar Singh and Azam Khan escalates by the hour, Uttar Pradesh cops on Monday night added a new twist to the controversy by carrying out a raid in the hotel being used as a temporary home by actor-turned-SP nominee Jaya Prada.
The local police attributed the raid to reports about distribution of money to voters from the hotel.
"We got tip off about some money transaction taking place at the hotel. Therefore, we carried out a raid, but eventually it turned out to be a false alarm," Rampur superintendent of police Jyoti Narain told rediff.com.
He claimed that the purpose of the raid was also to ensure that outsiders involved in election campaign had moved out of Rampur as per the directives of the Election Commission.
"Therefore, there was nothing unusual or special about the raid, yet Samajwadi Party activists took serious offence to the raid for no rhyme or reason, and staged unnecessary protests until about 2 am," he added.
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