A Congress delegation led by legislature party leader Ajay Kumar `lallu’ and legislator Dipak Singh met DGP Sulkhan Singh and threatened to launch an agitation if the killers of the trader’s family in Sitapur and dalit couple in Deoria were not arrested soon.
“The state is in the throes of complete lawlessness a with series of sensational crimes reported almost on a daily basis,” pointed out Dipak Singh while speaking to media persons after meeting the top cop on Monday afternoon.
“The government machinery has completely failed to check the deteriorating law and order in the state. We asked the DGP to beeef up police patrol so that people could get relief from `Jungle Raj’, especially from activists of so called Hindu outfits, who have been taking law into their hands with impunity to settle scores with their opponents,” charged lallu.
lallu claimed that during their meeting with the DGP, issue of the sensational killing of pulse trader, hiw wife and son in Sitapur and the brutal killing of a Dalit couple in Deoria were also discussed.
``We demanded that the perpetrators in Sitapur and Deoria be arrested immediately and stern action be taken against them,” he said.
“The Congress delegation also met Principal Secretary (Home) and Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and demanded that the kin of the two families of Sitapur and Deoria be compensated with Rs 25 lakh each and a job to a member of the two families,” said the Congress leader