Updated On: 08 August, 2023 01:30 PM IST | Palghar | mid-day online correspondent
According to the Palghar Police in Maharashtra, the complainant is a resident of Navapada village and belonged to the Adivasi-Warli community

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A 57-year-old tribal man was allegedly beaten up and verbally abused by a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and three others in Maharashtra`s Palghar district, police said on Tuesday, the PTI reported.
The police on Monday reportedly registered an FIR against Bharat Rajput, the newly appointed president of the BJP`s Palghar district unit, and three others under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506(2) (criminal intimidation) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, an official told the PTI on Tuesday.