The Ballia police have arrested a man said to be a Samajwadi Party (SP) worker for performing Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "pind daan" (one of the last rites among the Hindus).

Brijesh Yadav was apprehended after he posted a video of it on the social media and one of the priests, who performed the ritual filed a complaint against him. He has been sent him to judicial custody.