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Bulandshahr violence an accident, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that murder of inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was an accident. Three days ago he had said that Singh's killing was ‘part of a big conspiracy’. He said that there was no case of mob lynching in UP and what happened in Bulandshahr was an accident. The CM added that the law is taking its own course and guilty won't be spared.
Bulandshahr violence an accident, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: PTI)
LUCKNOW: Three days after terming Bulandshahr violence, in which two persons including police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh were killed, a ‘part of a big conspiracy’, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that it was an accident.
"UP mein koi mob lynching ki ghatna nahi hui hai...Bulandshahr mein jo ghatna hui, wo ek durghatna hai-...Kanoon apna kaam kar raha hai...kisi ko bakhsha nahi jayega (No mob lynching incident took place in UP.
What happened in Bulandshahr was a case of accident. Law is taking its own course. The guilty will not be spared," Yogi said while speaking at an event in New Delhi.
"Sirf gau hatya hi nahi, illegal slaughtering bhi UP mein poori tarah ban hai aur DM aur SP us par poori tarah se jawabdeh honge (Not only cow slaughter but illegal slaughtering has also been completely banned in UP and if anybody is found indulged in it then DM and SP will be held accountable)," the CM said.
The CM’s statement calling Bulandshahr incident an ‘accident’ comes a day after he met the family of the slain cop at his official residence in Lucknow and announced that total compensation of Rs 50 lakh would be given to the grieving family. Besides, the government would repay family’s home loan and bear expenditure of education of the slain inspector’s two sons. He also announced an extraordinary pension and government job to a family member. The state government also announced that a road and a school in Subodh’s home town Etah would be named after him.
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