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Aam Aadmi Party, AAP has demanded the sacking of Union Minister Mahesh Sharma over his remarks on Dadri lynching incident in Uttar Pradesh. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, party spokesperson Ashutosh alleged that the BJP is giving the incident a political colour. He also alleged that the BJP leaders are trying to put pressure on the investigators to let the criminals go scot-free.
Congress leader R P N Singh accused the BJP of spreading communal hatred in Uttar Pradesh to gain electoral mileage. Union Minister and BJP leader Mahesh Sharma, an MP from Noida said that the lynching incident was an outcome of misunderstanding and it should be seen as an accident. He said, no communal colour should be given to the incident and guilty should be punished.
Iqlakh, a resident of Dadri was allegedly beaten to death and his 22-year-old son critically injured by a mob on Monday night following rumours that the family had consumed beef.
Union Minister Mahesh Sharma Thursday described the lynching of a 58-year-old man in Dadri by a mob, allegedly over consumption of beef, as an “accident” and said that no “communal colour” should be given to it, even as the family of the victim is planning to move out of the village fearing that it may happen again.
“This (incident) should be considered as an accident without giving any communal colour to it,” Sharma, Minister of State for Tourism and BJP MP from Noida, said.
“Two other families live with the affected family in the middle of the village and their walls adjoin with others. About 10-12 houses of other community are in the outlying part of the village but no incident concerning them has happened,” he said.
“I feel this incident occurred due to some misunderstanding and the law should truthfully act against whoever is responsible for it,” he said.
Akhaq was beaten to death and his 22-year-old son Danish son was critically injured by a mob which barged into their house following rumours that the family had consumed beef, on Monday night.
Akhlaq’s other son, Sartaj, who serves in the Indian Air Force, demanded punishment for the murderers of his father.
“Those arrested murdered my father. I want to know the reason for which they did this to him. They should be punished so that none from the village would dare to such deed in future,” he said.
Expressing apprehension over danger to the life of his remaining family members, Sartaj said that he is planning to move out of the village as the incident could repeat again.
“Our lives are in danger. I’m planning to move from here. We will move from here because this can happen again anytime. Who will ensure us that this won’t happen again?” he asked.