Apprehending his imminent arrest, journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, who had reported on the Ayodhya Ram temple donation ‘theft’, has moved the Supreme Court challenging an FIR lodged against him by the Ghaziabad Police in connection with an alleged road rage incident.Upadhyay, who runs a YouTube channel, claimed a police team reached his residence late on August 20 and told him that a case had been registered at the Indirapuram police station following allegations of road rage and abusive behaviour.Upadhyay alleged that the FIR was based on concocted allegations against him and was an attempt to harass him for his independent journalistic works.The journalist contended that the FIR copy had not been supplied to him and that the police were forcing nearby shopkeepers to delete the CCTV visuals of the relevant time. He has sought quashing of the FIR, or in the alternative, its investigation to be transferred to an independent agency other than the Uttar Pradesh Police.“The petitioner apprehends imminent arrest and further physical harm and states that, in view of the aforesaid sequence, he is not in a position to safely approach the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. He apprehends that he may be arrested or subjected to physical harm by planted goons of the state machinery in the State of Uttar Pradesh before he can obtain effective judicial protection,” the plea said.“He is, therefore, seeking quashing of the impugned FIR and in alternative ready and willing to join the investigation and cooperate with the Investigating Agency in accordance with law with a request that present FIR as well as other FIRs filed against him because of his reporting on Ramjanmabhumi donation theft issue may please be directed to be investigated by Delhi police or Central Bureau of Investigation,” his plea said.The FIR has been lodged against Upadhyay in Ghaziabad over an alleged road rage incident, which he has claimed was planted in connection with his reporting on alleged corruption in Uttar Pradesh.The alleged incident took place on August 18 near Shipra Mall in Ghaziabad, when a motorcyclist allegedly touched his car. He said the man subsequently called the police emergency helpline 112 and an FIR was registered later, he submitted.Upadhyay alleged that the police team had come to his residence possibly to arrest him and he requested Ghaziabad Police to release CCTV footage of the alleged incident.The petitioner submitted that he had previously reported on alleged irregularities in handling of donations to the Ram Temple, Ayodhya, and alleged corruption in the Uttar Pradesh Government.