UP Govt accepts most demands; guilty to be held within 8 days; Rs 45L for family of the deceased
A day after the violence in which 9 people, including 4 farmers, 4 BJP men and a journalist, were killed, the Uttar Pradesh Government on Monday conceded the majority of the demands of the farmers in an apparent bid to contain the fallout of the Lakhimpur episode on Sunday.
The Government accepted a judicial probe by a retired judge of High Court, Rs 45 lakh compensation to the families of the deceased, a Government job as per their qualification, Rs 10 lakh for the injured and a time-bound action against the guilty people.
Soon after reaching an agreement, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait and ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar held a joint Press conference in Lakhimpur Kheri sharing details on their talks. Kumar said very soon the name of the judge would be announced for the judicial probe.
The ADG said that an agreement has been reached with the farmers that the guilty people would be arrested within 8 days. He said two FIRs have been registered, and now police will investigate to nab the guilty people. In one of the FIRs, Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni’s son Ashish has been made the prime accused by the farmers. ADG also said that STF has also been roped in to assist the police to nab the criminals behind this violence.
Tikait said that farmers are satisfied with the Government’s move and the compensation given to the families of the deceased. He assured that farmers would fully cooperate with the police in the investigation. The agreement was reached after two rounds of talks between the Government authorities and farmer leaders led by Tikait.
ADG Kumar said the administration was not allowing political leaders to visit the incident site as Section 144 has been imposed there to prevent further deterioration of the situation.
“The leaders of political parties have not been allowed to visit the district because Section 144 of CrPC is in place. However, members of the farmer unions are allowed to come here,” the top police officer said. The officer further assured that they will not spare any guilty person in the matter and that arrests will be made soon.”The post-mortem of the bodies will be conducted as per law and last rites will be conducted as per their religious beliefs,” Kumar said.
