Maken meets kin of man killed following tiff over fetching water

Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken today met the family members of Lal Bahadur who was beaten to death allegedly after a tiff over fetching water in Wazirpur area.

Maken demanded that the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) ensure adequate supply of water in the area and also attacked the AAP government for neglecting poor residents of the city.

"The poor people are not on the priority list of the AAP government," he said.

Sixty-year-old Lal Bahadur was beaten to death allegedly after a tiff over filling water from a tanker in northwest Delhi's Wazirpur on Saturday last. Police have arrested three people in this connection.

Maken warned that there would be "severe shortage" of water in the city in coming days and alleged that several deaths in clashes over water supply have been reported under the present regime.

"Ever since the AAP came to power in Delhi, many people have died due to clashes related to water scarcity," he said.

He requested DJB to ensure prompt supply of drinking water to the Wazirpur industrial area and other parts of city that are facing water shortage.