Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today promised justice to the family of the man lynched in Dadri over beef-eating rumour and announced an assistance of Rs 45 lakh as the victim's kin met him here today.
Yadav also asserted that his Samajwadi Party will "never do politics" over such matters even as his government came under intense attack from political opponents following the incident.
After a two-hour meeting with family members of Ikhlaq, who was lynched and his son seriously injured, Yadav announced raising of the financial assistance to Rs 30 lakh from Rs 20 lakh besides Rs five lakh each to his three brothers.
"The government is with the family in this time of grief. No one can imagine what they have gone through. I have assured the family that justice will be done and legal action will be taken against the accused," the Chief Minister told reporters here after meeting Ikhlaq's mother Asgari, brother Mohammed Afzal and daughter Shaista.
Ikhlaq's family members expressed satisfaction over the assurance given by Yadav.
"We are satisfied and hope that the CM himself will ensure what he has said," the victim's mother Asgari said.
Ikhlaq's elder brother Mohammed Afzal said, "We were assured that the CM will ensure justice to us and continue to help in future."
They had arrived here last evening accompanied by Muradnagar MLC Ashu Malik for the meeting.
The Chief Minister also announced financial assistance of Rs five lakh to Rahul Yadav, the youth injured during a protest in Gautam Budh Nagar in the wake of the lynching incident, an official spokesman said here.
