Lucknow Police have registered an FIR against Samajwadi Party leaders after hundreds of supporters turned up at the party office on Friday to physically attend a 'virtual rally'. The rally was addressed by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and former BJP leader Swami Prasad Maurya.

Lucknow Commissioner of Police told India Today that an FIR has been registered against nearly 2,500 Samajwadi Party leaders under Sections 188, 269, 270 and 341 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), along with relevant sections of the Epidemic Diseases Act. The city police chief added that video evidence was procured before an FIR was filed in this regard.