Barabanki (UP), Oct 16 (PTI) An official of the irrigation department has filed a police complaint accusing Barabanki BJP MP Upendra Rawat of abusing and threatening him and has demanded security for himself.

Assistant Engineer (AE) Sanjay Kumar Gupta has written to the District Magistrate and the executive engineer. He has also given an application at Haidergarh police station seeking action in the matter.

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Asked about the allegation, the MP said he talked to the AE regarding the construction of a bridge in Trivediganj and a number of letters were written to him in this regard. "I talked to him regarding this (bridge)," Rawat said but did not elaborate.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Akhilesh Narain said on Sunday that the assistant engineer has given them a complaint.

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Gupta said he was going on the leave and has also demanded security for himself, he said, adding senior officials have been informed about this.

"I have been threatened and abused on mobile phone by MP Upendra Rawat. Anything can happen to me anywhere. Till I get assurance of security at the government level, I should be given leave," the AE said in his letter to the executive engineer.

In a purported audio recording of the conversation with the engineer, the MP is heard saying, "I wrote letters to you 5-6 times but you are not getting the estimate of this important village Kandupur bridge”.

He allegedly went on to say that he beats up those who do not mend their ways and threatened that he would lock the AE's officer and not allow him to enter there.

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