Kanpur: Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday met family members of lab technician Sanjeet Yadav, who was murdered by his abductors in June, at their residence in Barra area of the city and assured them of justice.
“The accused won’t be able to get rid of the law. Justice will be done in this case and the culprits will be severely punished if SP returns to power,” Akhilesh told reporters here.
During the meeting, which went on for about half-an-hour, the parents and sister of Sanjeet told the former chief minister about the callous attitude of the city police and urged him to help them in getting justice.
He keenly listened and expressed empathy with them and assured them of providing every possible help from the party’s side.
The SP leader thereafter visited the party office in Naveen Market and attacked the Yogi Adityanath government over the deteriorating law and order across the state. “Law and order has crumbled. Nobody feels safe any more.”
He added that the state government only knows how to take credit of the development work done during the SP regime.
To recall, the SP chief had in August given a cheque of Rs 2 lakhs as financial assistance to Sanjeet’s family. Earlier, the SP had provided Sanjeet’s family with Rs 5 lakh.
To recall, a 28-year-old Sanjeet 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.
The police had till date arrested five accused including a woman in this connection but all efforts to find Sanjeet’s body proved futile.