Uttar Pradesh: Deoria district magistrate Amit Kishore courted controversy after a video of him slapping a local businessman went viral on social media. The video shows the DM Amit Kishor first pushing and arguing with a man and then slapping him as the man tried to save himself by covering his face. Policemen escorting the DM, then join in and slapped the man repeatedly before taking him away. The incident, captured on CCTV, took place on Wednesday when the DM had gone to inspect a post office in the region.
