“They set the house on fire. I could hear blasts from the cars and then smoke started filling the room where I was hiding... I opened the door only when people from the Congress office arrived, shouted out my name,” she said.

The FIR lodged at the Hussainganj police station does not name the group involved in the vandalism. The complaint by UPCC spokesperson Srivastava alleged that BSP MLA Jitendra Singh Babloo was among those who orchestrated the attack. The police, he said, took no action on his complaint.

ADG Brij Lal said: “Two separate FIRs cannot be lodged for one incident. The allegations in the complaint will be probed during investigation of the primary case.”

DGP Vikram Singh told The Indian Express: “An inquiry has been ordered to probe the response time of the police officials and their efficiency. Culprits involved in the incident will be booked at the earliest.”