Akhilesh Yadav has asked officers to take swift action

With his back to the wall over the allegations of poor law and order situation in the state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has asked officers to take swift action in the murder of BJP leader Vijay Pandit in Gautam Buddha Nagar.

“The culprits will not be spared. Whosoever it may be, the guilty will be brought to book,” CM said in a statement issued here on Sunday.Akhilesh directed senior officials to reach the spot and thoroughly investigate all aspects of the case, a home department spokesman here said. “Go to the scene of crime. Talk to the people and try to arrest the real people behind this murder,” Yadab told the senior officers.

His words had an impact as Principal Secretary (Home) Deepak Singhal said that they had monitored situation till 3am this morning.BJP leader and Dadri Nagar Panchayat Chairman Geeta Pandit’s husband Vijay Pandit was shot dead by four assailants in Dadri area yesterday night.His supporters torched 16 vehicles near Dadri police station and pelted stones at a police team. Police had to resort to aerial firing to control the mob. The clashes between the two sides continued till late last night.

Four persons were detained for questioning in connection with Pandit’s murder.Family members of the deceased have demanded a CBI probe into the matter. They have raised an accusing finger towards party’s former legislator Narendra Bhatti and said he was behind murder of Vijay Pandit.“This murder clearly shows that neither law nor order prevails in the state. Vijay Pandit was silenced because he had raised the issue of machination by senior SP leaders in that area. He had raised an accusing finger towards some powerful people involved in illegal mining,” BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said.

He said the time has come for Aklhilesh Yadav to relinquish his post. He has lost the moral authority to rule, he said.