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Yogi suspends 15 officials, days after six killed in Deoria over land dispute
Apart from ordering their suspension, the chief minister also ordered departmental action against the two tehsildars and Circle Officer Zilajit.
“The action was ordered by the chief minister after he reviewed the incident in Deoria. He said that no one guilty of negligence would be spared... The initial inquiry report pointed to gross negligence and laxity in the performance of officials and police personnel,” an official spokesperson of the government said. (File)
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday ordered the suspension of 15 officials, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police-rank officer and Deputy District Magistrate, in connection with the killing of six persons over a land dispute at Fatehpur village in Deoria district three days ago.
Among those suspended are Deputy District Magistrate Yogesh Kumar Gaur, Circle Officer (Deputy SP) Rudrapur Zilajit, two tehsildars, three accountants, one head constable, four constables, two beat in-charge and one station house officer.
Apart from ordering their suspension, the chief minister also ordered departmental action against the two tehsildars and Circle Officer Zilajit.
“The action was ordered by the chief minister after he reviewed the incident in Deoria. He said that no one guilty of negligence would be spared… The initial inquiry report pointed to gross negligence and laxity in the performance of officials and police personnel,” an official spokesperson of the government said.
“It was found that in connection with the land dispute, many complaints under IGRS regarding the illegal occupation of village society land by Satya Prakash Dubey were sent online to the police department/ revenue department, but the officers did not take serious cognizance to dispose of the matter… Therefore, the chief minister ordered action against officers and employees of the revenue as well as police departments,” the government spokesperson added.
The officials who have been suspended in the Revenue Department are Revenue Inspector Vishal Nath Yadav, Kshetriya Lekhpal Rajnandani Yadav and Lekhpal Akhilesh.
In the Police Department, the suspension order has been issued against Head Constable Rajesh Pratap Singh, Constable Avnish Chauhan, Sub-Inspector Jai Prakash Dubey and Inspector in-charge Naveen Kumar Singh.
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“Departmental action has also been ordered against three previous deputy collectors in the area. Departmental proceedings will also be initiated against retired tehsildar Vanshraj Ram and retired revenue inspector Ramanand Pal,” the spokesperson said.
Police have so far arrested 16 people in connection with the murders.
On Monday morning, Prem Prakash Yadav (53), a former zila panchayat member, was hacked to death allegedly by Satya Prakash Dubey and his family members when he went to their house in the village. In retaliation, a group of people linked to Yadav killed Satya Prakash Dubey (54), his wife Kiran Devi (52), his son Dipesh, alias Gandhi (15), and daughters Saloni (17) and Nandini (10).
Dubey’s one son Anmol (8) survived the attack and was admitted to hospital with critical injuries.
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Cross-FIRs were registered late Monday night. In the first FIR, Dubey’s daughter Shobhita Dwivedi (27), who is married, named 27 persons and nearly 50 unidentified people in the killing of her parents and three siblings.
In the second case, Prem Prakash’s uncle alleged that it was Satya Prakash Dubey and four of his family members (who eventually died) who murdered his nephew.
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