Lucknow: Secretary General of Congress Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday met the family members of Arun Valmiki’s sanitation workers, who died in police custody in Agra, and accused the Government of Uttar Pradesh did not help his family.
The President of the State Congress Ajay Kumar Lallu then handed the RS 30 Lakh check to the Valmiki family at the UPCC headquarters here.
“Today, in Lucknow, I met Arun Valmiki’s family who was killed in police custody.
The government did nothing to give justice to his family.
Instead of giving victims of justice, this government attacked them.
I have promised them.
I have promised the family that I will not let their voices be pressured, “Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
Valmiki died in police custody in Agra last month.
While his family accused him of being killed, the police said that he had died of a heart attack.
Sanitation workers were held by the police for allegedly stealing Rs 25 Lakh from ‘Malkhana’ Jagdishpura police station, where he died.
The police have claimed to have recovered a number of Rs 15 Lakh from his house in Loamandi Locality.
Reacted until later SSP Muniraj G claims for Valmiki’s death due to a heart attack, his family member confirmed that he died in police custody due to torture by the police.