'Law and order situation in UP revealing truth about BJP govt's claims'

Mayawati, BSP chief on Tuesday slammed Uttar Pradesh govt for law and order situation. She said that crimes against Dalits have revealed the state govt's failure to protect its people.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday condemned the alleged killing of a Dalit man in Mainpuri and said that the rising incidents of murders in Uttar Pradesh was revealing the truth about the claims made by the BJP-led government about the law and order situation.

"The murder of Sarvesh Kumar from Dalit community after repeatedly being beaten up in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri yesterday and the similar incidents with Govind Chauhan in Maharajganj, Rajvir Maurya in Shahjahanpur, Wasid in Bareilly, Sudhir Singh in Kushinagar and Vinod Garg in Banda (Brahmin) who was shot dead, are extremely sad."

"Apart from this, the murder of a cab driver in Uttar Pradesh's Noida only yesterday, reveals the truth about government claims as far as the law and order is concerned," she said in another tweet.

The deceased was attacked with sticks on September 6. He was rushed to a hospital, where he died while receiving the treatment yesterday. So far, four people involved in the incident have been detained.

"On September 6, on receiving information about a fight, a police team reached the spot and sent one person, Sarvesh Kumar (45), to the district hospital. He died during treatment on September 7. A video related to the incident has been received and police have taken cognizance of the same. Of the five involved in the beating, four have been detained, and search is on for the fifth person. Strict action will be taken against all," Mainpuri Police had informed on Twitter.

ANI report