Badaun: A Returning Officer for Zila Panchayat polls here today accused Samajwadi Party candidate of beating him up after he was defeated by a BJP-supported candidate in the elections.

Bheem Singh Upadhyaya said the SP nominee Dalveer Singh Yadav lost the polls to BJP-backed candidate Virat Dubey for Muaun block by 17 votes. According to Upadhyaya, Yadav demanded recounting which he turned down.