Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Police on Friday arrested two persons involved in attacking a car driver at Halalpura Bus Station on Wednesday night. The duo informed police that SUV (Scorpio) with a BJP flag belonged to one Yogesh Rajput.

It is worth mentioning that a video went viral on social media in which some persons were seen publicly thrashing a youth in the middle of the road.

The assailants even damaged the car of the victim before leaving the spot. Koh-E-Fiza police registered an FIR against unidentified persons on the complaint of the victim Gaurav Raikwar on Thursday.

Gaurav informed police that the accused had a scuffle with him at an eatery in Khajuri area over parking of their vehicles. The assailants followed his car in their SUV and intercepted it near Halapura Bus station. Police officials said that two persons were arrested in connection with the incident.

They have been identified as Shubham (20) and Munawwar Khan (19) of Gandhi Nagar area. Primary questioning from them revealed that SUV belonged to Yogesh Rajput who was also at the spot, officials added. It came to fore that Yogesh has a case registered against him at Bairagarh police station. Police officials said that efforts were underway to identify and arrest other accused involved in the incident.