Gorakhpur raid death: CM Yogi Adityanath meets family, wife gets job
With the Opposition linking the death to his government’s high-handed style of working, the CM also held a meeting where officials were instructed to “improve the working style of the police force
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday met the family of the 38-year-old property dealer from Kanpur who died after a late-night police raid at a hotel in Gorakhpur, accepting most of their demands, including a government job for his wife.
With the Opposition linking the death to his government’s high-handed style of working, the CM also held a meeting where officials were instructed to “improve the working style of the police force”. A tweet by his office said: “There have been complaints against certain policemen of being involved in illegal activities. Such officers must be identified and should face action. Those policemen who are involved in serious crimes should also be dismissed.” Another tweet quoted the CM as saying policemen with tainted records should not be deployed for important postings.
Manish Gupta’s family has alleged that he died after he was assaulted during the raid. The six policemen part of the raid have been suspended and are facing a murder charge, though no arrests have been made. The post-mortem report shows injuries to his body before death and states cause of death as “coma”.
An official said his wife Meenakshi will be given a job as Officer On Special Duty in the Kanpur Development Authority
Kanpur Police Commissioner Asim Arun said the CM had promised Meenakshi a job during his meeting with the family, and accepted their demand for transfer of the probe to Kanpur from Gorakhpur. He also said he would suggest a CBI investigation as they wanted, and consider enhancing compensation to Rs 50 lakh. The family was handed over a cheque of Rs 10 lakh Thursday.
Speaking to reporters later, Meenakshi said they were grateful to the CM. “He understood my problems and had studied the case before meeting us.
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