The BJP MP Mahesh Sharma also visited the hospital to meet Sanchit. The FIR has been lodged under Indian Penal Code sections 307 (attempt to murder), 147, 148 (both related to rioting, 342 (wrongful confinement), among others, the police said. The people involved in the case will be arrested soon and strict action will be taken against them, Additional DCP Pandey said. CCTV footage are being examined for any leads. Four police teams have been put into the case. 'Sanchit has received injuries on his legs.

Their car was intercepted near a hotel by the seven to eight unidentified men who were in two SUVs and carried arms with them, he said. The FIR has been lodged over a complaint by the BJP's local mandal president Mahesh Sharma (same name as the MP's) who too was in a car with Sanchit Sharma along with one more party worker but they had somehow managed to escape the attackers, a police official said. Mahesh Sharma, the BJP's Lok Sabha MP, said he is expecting quick action by the police against those guilty and added that he and his party would take action only after “36 hours”. MP Mahesh Sharma’s reaction on the attack Notably, Sanchit was briefly arrested in August on charges of promoting enmity after he allegedly made some objectionable remarks on the Tyagi community in the wake of the Shrikant Tyagi episode in Noida. Pandit was attacked in the Beta 2 police station area of Greater Noida late Thursday night and an FIR has been lodged in the matter, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Vishal Pandey said. Police said the victim identified as Sanchit Sharma alias Singga Pandit received grievous injuries and hospitalized in the attack. Follow us on Image Source : PTI MP Mahesh Sharma's close aide attackedĪ BJP worker and close aide of Gautam Buddh Nagar MP Mahesh Sharma was attacked by unidentified miscreants in Greater Noida.

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