The funeral of a 28-year-old Youth Congress employee turned chaotic at his native village in Gorakhpur on Thursday after state Congress Chief Ajay Rai arrived to pay his final respects.
“He (Prabhat Pandey) was our occasion employee, and we wished to supply him our final respect. However the BJP employees are doing politics. The household has the fitting to cease anybody, however as a substitute it was BJP leaders indulging into politics. It’s the authorities, who’s answerable for the dying of our employee and we’d combat for justice,” mentioned Rai.
In the meantime, police have began a probe into the homicide FIR, based mostly on a grievance filed by Prabhat’s father.
On Wednesday, the Congress mentioned that the 28-year-old died throughout a protest in Lucknow and cited “police brutality” as the reason for her dying.
The police, nevertheless, denied the cost, saying the youth was final seen on the Congress occasion workplace, the place he was discovered unconscious and no exterior harm marks have been discovered on his physique.
Pandey’s physique was introduced house for final rites on Thursday. His grieving father, Deepak Pandey, broke down, saying, “That is the results of my deeds. My solely son is gone.” His mom fainted on the funeral web site, whereas his grandfather, a retired postal worker, was in shock and unable to talk. —With PTI
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