Amethi: Hitting out at the Yogi Aditynath-led Bharatiya Janta Party government in Uttar Pradesh over the alleged lynching of a 64-year-old retired Army captain in Amethi on Sunday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that the law and order situation in the state has "slipped out of hands".
Condemning the incident, Vadra took to Twitter and said that BJP government was budsy hiding incidents, even as crime was being committed unabated.
The incident occurred on Saturday night in Godiyan ka Purva village under Kamrauli Police Station limits.
The retired Army personnel, Amanullah, and his wife were sleeping in their house when a group of people attacked them with sticks, his son told the police.
Amanuallah's wife told police that some people were trying to steal from a shop adjoining their house and when her husband objected and warned the perpetrators that he will inform the police, they entered the house and beat him up, ASP Dayaram said.
Amanullah's wife also said that the attackers tried to strangle him.
The unidentified assailants attacked Amanullah on his head that led to his death.
The body has been sent for post-mortem and further investigation is underway, Dayaram said.
The Amethi Lok Sabha constituency was a pocket borough of the Congress party for many years. However, in the 2019 general election, BJP leader Smriti Irani defeated Priyanka Gandhi's brother and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by a considerable margin.
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