Lucknow, March 18: After UP Chief Minister Mayawati saw a conspiracy in bees invading the stage when she was holding forth at her party rally here on Monday, an FIR has been lodged by police to probe who lit the fire that disturbed the beehive and what was the intention.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Rajiv Krishna, who is probing into the bee invasion incident, said that prima facie it had been revealed that the bees swarmed Ramabai Ambedkar rally ground during Mayawati’s address after being disturbed by smoke.
“Initially, a case under section section 435 (lighting fire to cause damage) and 285 (causing disturbance in any public place) has been lodged at Ashiyana police station,” Krishna told reporters.
The DIG said that it was a serious incident as in case of a bee attack it could have led to a stampede in which a number of people could have been killed.
–Agencies