Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath on Sunday announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh to each of the families of five youths who were killed in Rae Bareli group clash and also directed the senior police officials to arrest the accused involved in the incident.
Expressing grief over the gruesome murder of the five youths in the clash, Yogi said, “Inspector General of Police (lucknow range) has been asked to arrest the miscreants and solve the case within 10 days time.” The Chief Minister also reiterated that his Government has zero tolerance for criminals and the government would not compromise with law and order. “Anyone violating the law and order would be dealt with an iron hand,’ he said.
Five persons were lynched, shot at with and later were torching in Uchahar area of the Rae Bareli district on June 26. The youths, who were from adjoining Pratapgarh district, had some land dispute with a former pradhan of Apta village and sworn enmity took a macabre turn in due course of time when the rival group allegedly killed the victims. In the incident, former pradhan Rohit Shukla(38), his friends Brijendra Shukla, Narendra, Ankush Mishra and Anoop Mishra were killed when the rival group led by former pradhan Raja Yadav attacked them.