This morning, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh flew out of the state again to perform his critical role as the BJP’s star and headline grabbing campaigner for the upcoming state election poll rallies in Telangana.
However, a day after the ugly riots in Bulandshahr in his state, where a police officer and a civilian lost their lives, Yogi Adityanath held a late night security review yesterday. What was shocking is that he firmly continued his focus on cow slaughter, instead of expressing regrets over the lives of two persons.
As per the official statement from the government, the Yogi administration ordered officers to speed up arrests for cow slaughter. Although, there was no direction given whatsoever on the speedy enquiry in the murder of the cop Subodh Kumar Singh. The Chief Minister was quoted in a government press release as telling officers in the meeting:
“Tough action needs to be taken against those who carried out cow slaughter.”
Another statement this morning said that Yogi will meet the family of the policeman. This statement coming after nearly 3 days clearly shows that the meeting with the family could be nothing more than silencing his critics with a tick mark.
Two cases were filed after the Monday incident – one for the dual murder and the other on cow slaughter. Amongst the persons held for riots and murders, there have been many on the list who have alleged links to groups affiliated to the RSS. According to a senior police officer, four persons have been arrested so far.
It is also not clear yet whether the cows had been actually slaughtered. The mob was charged in action only when the carcasses of the cattle were brought out from the forest, suggesting that the same were suspected to be slaughtered by a group of minorities.
A video has been doing the rounds on social media which suggests that cow slaughter was merely used to initiate riots. The authenticity of this video is yet to be verified.
Conspiracy unfolds….
Cow was killed to instigate riots and unrest in #Bulandshahar#BulandshaharViolence pic.twitter.com/K9UoSGSyyn
— Padma Rani INDIAN (@KPadmaRani1) December 5, 2018
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We saw some heart wrenching comments from Subodh Kumar Singh’s son yesterday. A teenager who had completed his XII Boards barely knew his life was going to completely change. He questioned the government by saying ‘today it was his father, who’s father will it be next’? He also expressed utter dismay with the religion-based politics that has been playing on to garner votes.
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In an interview to news agency ANI earlier in the day yesterday, Singh’s sister directly alleged a conspiracy behind the killing of her brother since he was the investigating officer in Akhlaq’s case. Akhlaq was murdered in 2015 on suspicion of keeping beef at his home.
The police officer’s sister lashed out at Yogi Adityanath that he keeps saying “Cow Cow Cow” all the time, indicating that he had no priority for living beings.
Sister of Policeman Subodh Singh:My brother was investigating Akhlaq case&that is why he was killed,its a conspiracy by Police.He should be declared martyr and memorial should be built. We do not want money. CM only keeps saying cow cow cow. #Bulandshahr pic.twitter.com/ohILXKCj3w
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 4, 2018
Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was attacked with stones and shot dead by a mob of hundreds that chased his car and surrounded it in a field on Monday evening. The officer and his team had gone to the area to bring the protests under control after cow carcasses were found scattered in a forest. However, the mob rebounded leaving more than five policemen wounded, burned down a police station and set several vehicles on fire. A local man was also shot dead in the violence.
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Wife of Policeman Subodh Singh: He worked with utter honesty & took all the responsibility on himself. This is not the first incident, he had bullet injury twice before. But now nobody is giving him justice. Justice will be done only if his killers are killed. #Bulandshahar pic.twitter.com/YaMQ1eR26m
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 4, 2018
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