Gautam Budh Nagar MP Mahesh Sharma demanded a CBI inquiry and alleged there was ‘jungle raj' in the city as criminals were striking at will while the police failed to check rising crime.
The killing of the BJP leader has “exposed” the law and order situation, he charged. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, “Nothing like government can be seen in UP. Law and order situation has completely been destroyed and the UP government is responding in a very casual way towards it”.
Condemning the killing, Congress leader Rashid Alvi said, “Incident is unfortunate. Those responsible must be punished”.
“UP government has failed to maintain law and order in the state. Condition is very bad. People are losing faith. UP government must take steps immediately,” he alleged.
As the Akhilesh Government came under criticism, senior officials said that the Chief Minister has directed thorough investigation into all the aspects of the case.
“Last night till 3 AM, we were monitoring. Very senior officials, IG (Noida Zone) Alok, DIG, DM have gone there”, Deepak Singhal, Principal Secretary in the Uttar Pradesh Home Department, said.
“It's a sad incident but the administration and our CM has decided to firstly take the law and order situation under control and secondly to arrest those responsible as soon as possible and take strict action” he added.
Pandit's brother alleged that “he was getting threat calls about which written complaints were lodged in police station. But police took no action”. “During Lok Sabha election, a criminal... had called and threatened that they will kill my husband and me if we campaign for BJP candidate Mahesh Sharma.
“Later, SP candidate Narinder Bhati too had called and threatened. One threatening call was received from some contractor having patronage of ruling SP party. As we campaigned for Sharma, they took revenge and killed my husband,” Geeta alleged.
Bhati, however, said the allegations were lies. “Why will I do such a thing? These are all lies,” he said. Sharma met the family members and expressed condolences.
The MP said he had spoken to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the issue.
