A homeguard was allegedly slapped by a BJP leader who arrived at the NRS hospital morgue on Thursday afternoon to claim the body of a party worker.

A TV footage shows a man resembling BJP leader Debdutta Majhi pushes a man in khaki uniform and slap him.

Majhi denied having hit the home guard intentionally and said police had misbehaved with him.

There was some jostling when the police tried to stop us. I did not hit anyone intentionally,” Majhi said.

The BJP Bengal president Dilip Ghosh said the home guard was slapped and it was the right thing to do.

A case has been registered at Entally police station against Majhi.