Inquiry ordered into death of mother-daughter in anti-encroachment case

The deaths of a mother-daughter team following a fire that broke out during an anti-encroachment drive have become the subject of a magistrate’s probe.
Keshav Prasad Maurya, the deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, promised that the accused would be taken into custody and that the offenders would not be spared. The mother and daughter who died in the fire that broke up during the demolition effort were today cremated.
“Dy. CM Pathak has promised to meet our demands, he said. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announced to provide Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the family of the victims who were burnt alive during an eviction drive. “For the proper treatment of the injured sons, an assistance of Rs 5 lakh each (totaling Rs 10 lakh) has been provided to the families by the government,” the government official said. Along with this, security has also been provided to the family by the government. The late man’s son recalled, “He said Rs 1 crore, a government position, a residence, and a plot of land would be handed to each of us (two brothers) and a lifetime annuity for my father.”