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Kanpur Dehat death case, Feb 16 (TIWN): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered a magisterial investigation on Wednesday into the deaths of a mother and daughter duo in Kanpur Dehat which took place during an anti-encroachment drive. Meanwhile, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) is already probing the incident.
He emphasised that the truth of the incident will come before the people in a transparent manner. "The Kanpur incident is tragic. An SIT team is already looking into it. I have also ordered a magisterial probe into it," the chief minister tweeted. The chief minister also shared a video clip of his interaction with a private TV channel.
Replying to a question on the Monday evening incident in Kanpur Dehat district, Adityanath said, "The matter is sensitive and the truth of the incident will come before people in a transparent manner." He said everybody should wait for the inquiry reports. Pramila Dixit (45) and her daughter Neha (20) died after they allegedly set themselves afire in a hut in the presence of police, district administration and revenue officials, who had gone to Madauli village in the Rura area of the district to remove encroachments from a "gram samaj" land, police had said.
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