LUCKNOW/KANPUR: Taking a serious note of the Kanpur Dehat incident, CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday ordered setting up a Special Investigation Team (SIT), led by Kanpur divisional commissioner and additional director general, Kanpur Zone, to probe the deaths of a mother and daughter during an eviction drive in Kanpur Dehat and submit an interim report in a week.
The government also announced a relief of Rs 10 lakh to the victim’s family.
“For the proper treatment of the injured sons, an assistance of Rs 5 lakh each (total Rs 10 lakh) has been provided to the family by the government,” an official said. Security has also been provided to the family by the government.
Meanwhile, the last rites of the mother-daughter duo, who died of serious burns in a fire during an anti-encroachment drive in Madauli village of Maitha tehsil in Kanpur Dehat on Monday, was performed at Valmiki Ghat in Bithoor amid tight security on Wednesday.
Superintendent of Police (SP) BBGTS Murthy, divisional commissioner Raj Shekhar and senior police officials remained present during the cremation.
The incident has caused an uproar in political circles. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had tweeted that the “spectacle of inhumanity on the bulldozer of the BJP government has become a threat to humanity and sensitivity”.
On Wednesday, BSP chief Mayawati said that the Kanpur Dehat incident is being talked about more than the UP government’s Global Investors Summit which was advertised so much. She said the BJP government’s policy to use bulldozers is meant to intimidate people and make them helpless. “In a big state like UP, which has been hit hard by poverty, unemployment, inflation and backwardness, the government’s bulldozer policy is causing deaths of even the poor and the innocent.” This is extremely unfortunate and condemnable,” she said in the tweet.
Meanwhile, Rura police station in-charge Dinesh Gautam, accused in the case, under whose jurisdiction the incident occurred, has been suspended with immediate effect.
Principal Secretary (home), Sanjay Prasad, said Kanpur divisional commissioner Raj Shekhar has been authorised to select other members of the SIT in consultation with ADG, Kanpur, Alok Singh and complete the investigations in a stipulated time frame.
“Officials from Kanpur Dehat to Lucknow are in action on this incident that took place in Kanpur Dehat. In this sequence, the teams of the development and revenue departments will visit the site soon,” the official added. These teams will complete the proceedings related to housing, old age pension and agricultural land lease there.
On Tuesday, a total of 39 individuals, including SDM Maitha, the in-charge of Rura police station, four Lekhpals, a qanungo, a JCB driver, besides locals of Madauli and 27 unidentified persons were booked under murder and other charges in connection with the incident. Maitha SDM Gyaneshwar Prasad and lekhpal Ashok Singh have been suspended with immediate effect.
Police have also arrested the JCB driver. The JCB which was used in the demolition of the victims’ house has been seized, a police official said.
The government also announced a relief of Rs 10 lakh to the victim’s family.
“For the proper treatment of the injured sons, an assistance of Rs 5 lakh each (total Rs 10 lakh) has been provided to the family by the government,” an official said. Security has also been provided to the family by the government.
Meanwhile, the last rites of the mother-daughter duo, who died of serious burns in a fire during an anti-encroachment drive in Madauli village of Maitha tehsil in Kanpur Dehat on Monday, was performed at Valmiki Ghat in Bithoor amid tight security on Wednesday.
Superintendent of Police (SP) BBGTS Murthy, divisional commissioner Raj Shekhar and senior police officials remained present during the cremation.
The incident has caused an uproar in political circles. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had tweeted that the “spectacle of inhumanity on the bulldozer of the BJP government has become a threat to humanity and sensitivity”.
On Wednesday, BSP chief Mayawati said that the Kanpur Dehat incident is being talked about more than the UP government’s Global Investors Summit which was advertised so much. She said the BJP government’s policy to use bulldozers is meant to intimidate people and make them helpless. “In a big state like UP, which has been hit hard by poverty, unemployment, inflation and backwardness, the government’s bulldozer policy is causing deaths of even the poor and the innocent.” This is extremely unfortunate and condemnable,” she said in the tweet.
Meanwhile, Rura police station in-charge Dinesh Gautam, accused in the case, under whose jurisdiction the incident occurred, has been suspended with immediate effect.
Principal Secretary (home), Sanjay Prasad, said Kanpur divisional commissioner Raj Shekhar has been authorised to select other members of the SIT in consultation with ADG, Kanpur, Alok Singh and complete the investigations in a stipulated time frame.
“Officials from Kanpur Dehat to Lucknow are in action on this incident that took place in Kanpur Dehat. In this sequence, the teams of the development and revenue departments will visit the site soon,” the official added. These teams will complete the proceedings related to housing, old age pension and agricultural land lease there.
On Tuesday, a total of 39 individuals, including SDM Maitha, the in-charge of Rura police station, four Lekhpals, a qanungo, a JCB driver, besides locals of Madauli and 27 unidentified persons were booked under murder and other charges in connection with the incident. Maitha SDM Gyaneshwar Prasad and lekhpal Ashok Singh have been suspended with immediate effect.
Police have also arrested the JCB driver. The JCB which was used in the demolition of the victims’ house has been seized, a police official said.