agra: Priyanka Gandhi detained, later allowed to meet kin of ‘killed’ worker

Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was on Wednesday detained and subsequently allowed to go to the household of a sanitation employee, belonging to the Valmiki group, who was allegedly killed within the police custody in Agra. She was allowed to journey with 4 others because the police imposed sections 144 and restricted gatherings.

The event got here on the heels of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident which additionally noticed Gandhi Vadra within the lead in reaching out to households of the farmers’ after a protracted detention by the police.

The case pertains to the dying of a sanitation employee, Arun Kumar, who was accused of stealing ’25 lakh from Jagdishpura police station in Agra. In response to Muniraj G, SSP of Agra, Kumar had admitted to the theft and revealed he had hid the cash at his house following which he was taken to his home and a sum of ’15 lakh was recovered. “Throughout restoration, his well being out of the blue deteriorated and he was rushed to the hospital by the police and his members of the family, however was declared introduced useless.”