Cop murder: Mayawati sacks UP minister
Uttar Pradesh minister Jamuna Nishad was on Sunday sacked by Chief Minister Mayawati hours after he was charged with murder of a police constable during a violent clash involving his supporters in Maharajganj district.
By PTI |
LUCKNOW/GORAKHPUR: Uttar Pradesh minister Jamuna Nishad was on Sunday sacked by Chief Minister Mayawati hours after he was charged with murder of a police constable during a violent clash involving his supporters in Maharajganj district.
Mayawati also ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident but ruled out the arrest of the tainted fisheries minister until the probe is completed.
Nishad was dropped after he submitted his resignation to Mayawati who summoned him to her official residence in Lucknow after he was booked and named in an FIR in connection with the killing of the constable during alleged firing by his supporters at Kotwali police station in Maharajganj on Saturday night.
She forwarded the resignation letter to Governor T V Rajeshwar for acceptance and announced financial assistance of Rs 24 lakh and a job for the family of constable Krishnand Rai besides Rs five lakh in fixed deposit for each of his two daughters.
The FIR named Nishad and 50 unnamed supporters under section 302 (murder) and other relevant charges under IPC and Arms Act.
"I have directed the officers to ensure strict action against conspirators of Saturday's incident and killers of the constable", Mayawati told reporters.
The incident happened when angry supporters of the minister tried to ransack the Kotwali police station demanding action against the SHO for "shielding" an accused in the alleged rape of a girl of the Nishad Dalit community.
It is not clear how the constable was shot, with the police alleging that a beacon-fitted VIP car stopped by and someone inside fired at them while eyewitnesses claimed that a service weapon was snatched during the scuffle between the villagers and the police.
Mayawati also ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident but ruled out the arrest of the tainted fisheries minister until the probe is completed.
Nishad was dropped after he submitted his resignation to Mayawati who summoned him to her official residence in Lucknow after he was booked and named in an FIR in connection with the killing of the constable during alleged firing by his supporters at Kotwali police station in Maharajganj on Saturday night.
She forwarded the resignation letter to Governor T V Rajeshwar for acceptance and announced financial assistance of Rs 24 lakh and a job for the family of constable Krishnand Rai besides Rs five lakh in fixed deposit for each of his two daughters.
The FIR named Nishad and 50 unnamed supporters under section 302 (murder) and other relevant charges under IPC and Arms Act.
"I have directed the officers to ensure strict action against conspirators of Saturday's incident and killers of the constable", Mayawati told reporters.
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The incident happened when angry supporters of the minister tried to ransack the Kotwali police station demanding action against the SHO for "shielding" an accused in the alleged rape of a girl of the Nishad Dalit community.
It is not clear how the constable was shot, with the police alleging that a beacon-fitted VIP car stopped by and someone inside fired at them while eyewitnesses claimed that a service weapon was snatched during the scuffle between the villagers and the police.
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