Amidst demand of a probe by the sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and Union Government also showing it’s acceptance to the same, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, made a surprise move when he ordered a judicial probe into the Mathura incident.
An official communiqué of the Government confirmed that judicial probe headed by retired Allahabad High Court Judge Imtiaz Murtaza would probe into the Mathura violence incident of June 2 in which 29 people were killed, including two police officers.
The single member judicial probe would complete its investigation within two months’ time and submit its report to the Government with its headquarters at lucknow, the release mentioned. Earlier similar enquiry has been conducted in Muzaffarnagar riots.
The release said that judicial commission would investigate into six points which includes the reason behind the violence, role of the intelligence and the district officials, along with that of supervisory level officers etc. The Commission would also probe into the efforts of the district administration in vacating the encroached Jawahar Bagh area.
The judicial commission would take over the probe from the Aligarh divisional Commissioner Chandrakant who was investigating the matter at present. The announcement of the judicial probe was made after a petition was rejected by the Supreme Court demanding a CBI probe into the Mathura violence. The apex court had asked the petitioners to move the Allahabad High Court in this regard.
Besides, Congress which is demanding a judicial probe by a sitting a High Court judge, all the other political parties and even the family members of the slain SP(City) Dwivedi have been demanding a CBI probe into the Mathura incident. BSP supremo Mayawati also stuck to demand of a CBI probe.
On Monday evening, brother of Mukul Dwivedi claimed that his family first wanted justice and not compensation. He said that none of the police officials were so far were punished.
29 people, including two police officers, were killed during clashes between encroachers and police in Mathura on last Thursday. The violence had claimed the lives of Superintendent of Police (City) Mukul Dwivedi and SHO Santosh Kumar. So far only District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police of Mathura were removed on Monday and no other action was taken against anyone else. The Government had also dispatched a report to the Central Government on the Mathura’s incident, however in that report, no one was clearly pointed out as responsible for the incident.
BJP to launch stir against land grabbing
BJP president Amit Shah said that the party would launch an agitation against the illegal grabbing of Government and private land in Uttar Pradesh by the ruling Samajwadi Party cadres.
“The Samajwadi party is the party of land grabbers whose leaders have occupied the Government land and the land of the poor people across the state. The BJP would invite the complaints from the common people on e-mail to be published soon’’, said the BJP president Amit Shah addressing a Press conference here on Tuesday. He said the BJP would launch an intensive agitation to free the grabbed Government and private lands by the goons of the Samajwadi Party in the State.
Alleging that confusion at top political level prevails in UP, Amit Shah said, “the SP Government is neck deep in corruption and to name a few are the Nutrition food scandal in Integrated Child Development Scheme and Yadav Singh of NOIDA’’.
He alleged that both the BSP and SP are hand in glove.
“UP Government has so far done nothing for the implementation of the Crop Insurance Scheme billed a as game changer by the agriculture experts. Till Monday evening the tenders were not finalised by the State Government”, said Amit Shah adding “for the funds released by the Centre for the panchyats , as many 40 out of total 75 district have not received money so far’’.
Similarly UP Government has failed to prepare the e-register for the payment of the wages of the workers of MNREGA, thus denying them the benefits of the scheme. Same is the fate of National lively hood mission, health schemes, Prime Minister Avas Yojna. “The SP Government keeps blaming the Centre for their own lapses’’, said the BJP president.
“law and order is a State subject, yet the UP Chief Minister keeps blaming the Centre for the intelligence failure in Mathura violence. The SP Government is weak and inept, if they cannot manage the affairs of the state then Centre is ready to take up the policing system in the state,” he said adding that RsRs BJP is ruling in 15 states of the country but nowhere such anarchy is to be found as seen in UP’’, said the BJP president.