Overview

• Sitaram (Siyaram) Upadhyay died on September 11 after injuries from an alleged police lathicharge during a September 9 protest in Ghazipur.
• A three-member SIT led by DCP Gaurav Bansal with Anshuman Mishra and Nitin Taneja was constituted on the chief minister’s directive.
• A magisterial inquiry is under way as six policemen, including the Nonahara station officer, have been suspended and five others sent to police lines.
• Yogi Adityanath told senior BJP leader Kalraj Mishra that strict action will follow and said financial assistance has been provided to the family.
• Family members met the chief minister to demand accountability, while police have offered a differing account describing the episode as a local dispute over electricity poles with no untoward incident.