HC seeks reply from Centre, UP on petition filed by BJP worker

The Allahabad High Court today sought a reply from the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on a petition filed by a BJP worker from Noida who has alleged that he was being "falsely implicated" in the case relating to Dadri lynching over rumour of beef consunmption case and demanded that probe in the matter be handed over to CBI. A division bench, comprising Justice Bala Krishna Narayana and Justice Naheed Ara Moonis, asked the Centre and the state to file their counter affidavits within four weeks and granted two weeks time thereafter to the petitioner for filing of rejoinder. It fixed April 6 as the next date of hearing in the matter.

The order was passed on the petition of BJP worker Sanjay Singh who has alleged that the state police were not investigating the matter in a fair manner and falsely implicating him in the case at the behest of ruling Samajwadi Party in the state.
The Dadri lynching case had taken place in September last year at Biyada village of Gautam Buddh Nagar where a mob had barged into the house of Mohd Akhlaq late in the night and beaten up the middle-aged blacksmith to death and brutally assaulted his young son Danish on suspicions of consuming beef.
The death of Akhlaq, whose son is working with Indian Air Force, had triggered a national outrage and a debate over religious intolerance in the country.