Budaun double murder: Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav blames BJP

Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday blamed the BJP for the alleged murder of two minor boys in Uttar Pradesh's Budaun.

'The BJP always manufactures violence during elections,' Yadav told reporters.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav also attacked the BJP state government in UP said the lives of the two brothers could have been saved.

"The lives could have been saved had the police worked properly. They (BJP government) can't hide their shortcomings, this encounter is not going to hide their failure," Yadav said, referring to the encounter of one of the accused of the brutal murder of two children at their home in Budaun.

Hours after the murder on Tuesday evening, accused Sajid (22) was gunned down in an encounter with the police, Bareilly range IG RK Singh told PTI.

The FIR, based on the complaint by the victims’ father Vinod Kumar, said Sajid and his brother Javed reached the house at around 7 pm.

Sajid told his wife that he needed Rs 5,000 to pay the hospital for the delivery of his child.

When the wife went inside to get the money, Sajid went to the rooftop of the house. Moments later, Javed also reached the rooftop and they called Ayush and Ahaan, according to the complaint.

The accused attacked the minors with a sharp knife. When they came downstairs, Sangeeta saw that their clothes were drenched in blood.

According to the FIR, one of them said, “I have done my work today.” The accused also attacked the third son Yuvraj who had gone upstairs to fetch some water. Yuvraj is admitted in hospital and his condition is said to be stable.

The boys’ father, who is a private contractor, was out of the district at the time of the incident. Apart from his wife Sangeeta, his mother was present at the house.

Police have also not confirmed the motive behind the incident.

They have booked both Javed and Sajid for murder (under IPC Section 302 IPC).

"We have detained one Babu, the father of Sajid and Javed and their uncle Kayamuddin for questioning. The move is part of our efforts to arrest Javed who is absconding," said Budaun’s Senior Superintendent of Police Alok Priyadarshi.

Nazarin, the mother of the accused, said that her sons faced the consequences of their actions.

"I don't know what was going on in their minds. They do not have any rivalry with anyone. I feel very sad for the children to whom this has been done," she told PTI Videos.

When asked about the police encounter, she added, "They faced the right consequence for their wrong actions." Some right-wing Hindu groups staged a protest against the double murder on Wednesday morning.

Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav, who is also the party's nominee for the upcoming Lok Sabha poll in Budaun, slammed the government, saying law and order has “totally failed” in the state.

"The incident in Budaun is very saddening,” he told reporters.

On the encounter during which Sajid was shot dead, he said, "I congratulate the district and police administration for the action but the truth behind the incident must also come out." The last rites of the two boys were performed after a post-mortem examination in the morning. There was heavy police presence at Kachchla Ghat during the rites, officials said.

There is a heavy police deployment in the area.

(with PTI inputs)