The State Finance, Parliamentary Affairs and Potable Water Minister Prakash Pant assured bereaved family members of Ramesh Bisht, who was killed in Gurugram earlier in the first week of July, that the State Government would provide all legal assistance to them for getting the murder case transferred from Haryana to Uttarakhand. He gave this assurance while meeting the family members of Bisht at Bindukhatta.
It will be recalled that 20-year old student from Uttarakhand, Bisht was allegedly killed after his landlord and others pushed him from a fifth floor apartment in Gurugram during the first week of July.
Visiting the bereaved family members here, the state cabint minister Prakash Pant expressed his condolence to them on behalf of the state government. He told the parents of the deceased that the state Government is sensitive and serious on this issue and will provide all possible financial assistance to the bereaved family.
Regarding transfer of the police case from Haryana to Uttarakhand, the cabinet minister said that the state government will seek legal advice on this issue before submitting an appeal in the Supreme Court for transferring the case from Haryana to Uttarakhand.
During their meeting with the State cabinet minister, Ratan Singh Bisht and Kalawati, the father and mother of the deceased Ramesh Bisht informed the minister about the details of the incident which led to the death of the youth from Uttarakhand.
local Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and others were also among those present on the occasion. It is pertinent to mention here that since the death of Bisht, the locals have also demonstrated and held a rally here demanding the transfer of the police case from Haryana to Uttarakhand.
It will be recalled here that during the first week of July, Bisht was allegedly pushed from the fifth floor balcony of his rented accommodation in Gurugram reportedly following an argument with the landlord regarding water and power supply in the apartment.