(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) Azamgarh: Rihai Manch met the family of BDC Surendra Yadav after his murder. They said, ‘law and order are handed over the feudal lords. Even after the public representative is killed, DM, SP neither capture the killers nor go to express condolence.’ They said to the government, ‘The killers should be arrested soon. The family should be issued compensation of rupees 1 crore, free education for children, government job for the wife. In view of the security threats to the victim’s family, arms license issued without delay.’
Rihai Manch delegation visited the nawada village of Late Surendra Yadav and met his family members. Manch described the incidents of increasing attacks and assassinations on SCs and OBCs and fascist-feudal extension. Masihuddin Sanjari, Saalim Daudi, Vinod Yadav, Umesh Kumar, Rahul Singh, and Arvind presented in the representative group. His Family said to Rihai Manch that 36 years old Surendra Yadav was returning from thirteen feasts yesterday at about 9 pm. As soon as he reached the nawada intersection, 400 meters from the village, the previously ambushed assassins were shot dead from close range. Hearing the voice of the pistol, the public ran towards the incident place. But before anyone could understand anything, three bike riders killer escaped leaving their bikes. After seeing the Member of the Panchayat area blood-soaked, the angry public set the three bikes on fire.
When the corpse was returned from the postmortem house, the villagers demanded to issue 10 million rupees compensation to the victim’s family, including the immediate arrest of the killers as soon as, the provision of education to the orphan children, the sustained government job to the widowed wife and issuing the arms license in view of the security threats. Due to the absence of any administrative officer on the spot, an angry mob starting growing in an attempt to picket the corpse on Lucknow Baliya road in support of their demands. In view of the increasing public pressure, the ADM sent back the Nawada Crossroads, assuring acceptance of the demand. Rihai Manch said that the administration trying to show seriousness by deploying a large number of PAC and RAF personnel at Nawada intersection at the site of the incident, but the absence of any of the top officials like the District Magistrate or Police Captain raises the question. The public representative is killed and the administration of the district does not consider, it is necessary to express condolence. The fire of the pyre of ‘Satyamev Jayate’, the Dalit village head of the Bansgaon, was not even cold, enough that 36-years-old Surendra Yadav, father of two daughters and a son, was murdered by feudal lords in Nawada. There is increasing anger in society. Rihai Manch will stand and fight with the victim’s family all the time on the question of justice. The Manch said that the growing ethnic conflict made it clear that there is no such thing as law and order in the state.
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