Raja Bhaiya case: Post-pan India outrage, UP CM Akhilesh Yadav talks 'tough'

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PTI: Pratapgarh, Mar 06 2013, 14:29 IST

With his former minister Raja Bhaiya in the line of public fire over the death of a top Uttar Pradesh police officer, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav promises stringent action. He added that killed DSP Zia-ul-Haque's wife Parveen Azad's demands had been met.

UP government will fully cooperate with the investigation into the killing of a police officer and village head in Kunda in the district for which a CBI probe has been recommended, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said today.

Visiting the family of the slain village head Nanhe Yadav, he described the killings as "very tragic" and said "things would be clear only after completion of the CBI inquiry".

UP Police had yesterday virtually ruled out immediate arrest of Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya booked in the murder of DSP Zia-ul-Haque and said it needs to be established first who committed the crime before the conspiracy angle can be probed.

The police also said that the post-mortem report of the DSP, Circle Officer of Kunda in Pratapgarh district from where Raja Bhaiya is a five-time Independent MLA, has shown only one bullet injury and the bullet is untraceable.

"Action would be taken against those policemen who fled away from the scene....those who showed weakness.Action would be taken against those found guilty," the Chief Minister told reporters here.

He said all demands made by the wife of the DSP Parveen Azad with regard to the investigation have been accepted by the state government.

"The demand for a CBI inquiry was accepted without any delay. We have also

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case handed over to CBI

man | 06-Mar-2013Reply | Forward

Now case has gone to CBI. I do not remember if CBI solved any high profile case.

CRIMINAL POLITICIAN

V.GANAPATHI | 06-Mar-2013Reply | Forward

Hi!! If this dosent happen he cannot stay in politics, even after expose,nothig will happen, it will be forgotton after breaking news - as case is filed, it is subjudice, guilty will be punished, we are going deep root into the case to find out guilty and appropriate action will be taken, his lawyers will bail him out, as no eye witness coming forward, he will be given clean chit -it can happen only in mera bharat desh mahaaaann-wow

What a tragedy with an honest officer

on behalf of a journalist | 06-Mar-2013Reply | Forward

Brave Deputy Superintendent of police 32-year-old Zia-ul Haq was mercilessly tortured and killed in cold blood by the goons of Food and civil supplies minister Raja Bhaiya after eight policemen including the inspector of Kunda fled from the scene, leaving Zia to face an armed and dangerous mob alone. Zia's wife Parveen whom he married just one year back has lodged an FIR against Raja Bhaiya, but the UP government has made it categorically clear that it won't arrest Raja Bhaiya as there is no direct evidence against him. I doubt if the Akhilesh government would have exercised the same restraint if the accused was someone else. Watching the slain policeman's devastated wife on TV and the government's shocking response, my mind goes back to a sweltering morning in Raja Bhaiya's bastion, Kunda. It was July 7, 1995 and I was reporting for an Allahabad-based daily newspaper. There were no cellphones then, so when words of a massacre of Muslims trickled from Dilerganj Village in Kunda.