Sanjeet’s kin stopped on way to Lucknow

Kanpur: Murdered lab-technician Sanjeet Yadav’s family members, who were on way to Lucknow to meet SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, were stopped at Ramadevi Chakeri highway and forced to return back on Thursday morning.
The family claimed to have spoken to the SP chief on Wednesday over the phone and were assured of support.
To recall, earlier they were stopped from staging a protest at Shastri Chowk in Kanpur. Body of Sanjeet is yet to be found. The family members, including Sanjeet’s father Chaman Singh, mother Kusum Singh and sister Ruchi along with SP leader Samrat Singh, were on way to Lucknow in a four-wheeler, when they were stopped at Ramadevi Chakeri highway from proceeding further allegedly by the police.
“It was when the police asked to show them the meeting letter issued from the office of former CM Akhilesh Yadav, they drew a blank, following which they were asked to go back home,” said V K Pandey, CO, Govindnagar.
However, according to Chaman Singh, they had been invited by the SP chief, with whom they had spoken on phone on Wednesday, to Lucknow. “But the police stopped us from proceeding further and forced us to return home, which is an undemocratic,” he added.
To recall, 28-year-old lab technician Sanjeet Yadav was kidnapped in Barra area on June 22 and murdered by his abductors. According to the police, the kidnappers had dumped his body in the Pandu River.
Earlier, Sanjeet’s family had alleged that when he was kidnapped on June 22, they were also asked by the police to arrange a ransom of Rs 30 lakh and hand it over to the kidnappers. They, however, claimed that they threw a bag containing the cash from the top of a flyover as instructed in the presence of police, but the latter could not prevent the kidnappers from escaping with the bag and also failed to get back Sanjeet.
The police had till date arrested five accused including a woman in this connection but have failed to find Sanjeet’s body.