Bharatiya Janata Party state president laxmikant Bajpai was detained in Etah for about four hours and was not allowed to go to Agra to visit the residence of VHP vice president Arun Mahour who was murdered on last Thursday.
Talking to reporters soon after his detention in Etah on Saturday morning, Bajpai termed the action of the district administration as illegal and unwanted and claimed that he was not cited any valid reason for not allowing him to visit Agra. " By preventing me to go to Agra the authorities tried to cover up their failures, " he alleged. However officials said that the BJP president was not allowed as section 144 was clamped in Agra besides his visit can create law and order problem.
The VHP leader was brutally murdered in the Mantola area of the Taj city on last Thursday and surprisingly state government had announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh to the family of the deceased. All the accused have been arrested and sent to jail.