Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and LoP UP Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey on Monday said that he will be visiting the violence-affected Sambhal district today, accompanied by a delegation from his party, to meet the families of victims who were killed after being shot by the police.
Compensation to victims
SP Supremo Akhilesh Yadav had announced compensation worth Rs five lakh each for the families of the victims who lost their lives in violence, Pandey said, adding that he was visiting Sambhal to provide them with the financial aid promised by the SP chief.
"I will visit Sambhal today. Our National President (Akhilesh Yadav) had announced that Rs five lakh each as compensation will be given to the families of those who were killed after being shot by the police.
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"I am going to Sambhal to provide them with the compensation. I will have a team (delegation) with me which was formed to visit there earlier. The administration is not stopping me since I had already talked to the District Magistrate," Pandey, who is Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, said.
Pandey is likely to reach Delhi on a flight from Lucknow Airport and will travel to Sambhal by road. He said that he was visiting Sambhal on the directions from SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
The regional leaders will also accompany him, the senior SP leader added.
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50 people arrested
Meanwhile, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Sambhal, Shrish Chandra on Saturday said that a total of 50 people have been arrested in connection with the violence near the Jama Masjid area in Sambhal district on November 24.
