'Guilty won't be spared: Yogi Adityanath on Bahraich death

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met the family of the young man who lost his life in Bahraich recently, at his official residence in Lucknow.

Ram Gopal Mishra was shot dead in the communal violence which broke out in the Maharajganj area of Bahraich during a Durga idol immersion procession on Sunday. About half a dozen people were injured in stone pelting and firing.

After the meeting, Adityanath, in a post on X, said that the guilty will not be spared at any cost.

The family of the deceased has been given Rs 10 lakh, a house under the PM Awas Yojana and an Antyodaya card.

Sureshwar Singh, the MLA from the Mahasi constituency in Bahraich who accompanied the family, said, “The situation in Bahraich is now under control. When caught, the culprits will be treated appropriately.”

He added that the situation in Bahraich is normal since last evening after the cremation of the victim. “The opposition has nothing better to do and is thus saying that the police and the administration are equally to blame for what happened.”

However, Singh inadvertently let it slip that there was laxity on part of the police on the day of the incident, when he said that “action has been taken against those who were responsible for the laxity”.

The deceased Mishra’s father, Kailash Nath, said, “My son was tortured and murdered… they have destroyed our family and should be punished”.

“We do not know who the culprit is. We did not see anyone. But we want justice. That is all that we want,” Mishra said.

The family reiterated that the local administration was not present when violence broke out.

Meanwhile, the police have located the main accused. He is believed to have been making a run for Nepal. There has been no official word on an arrest as yet.