Police cease Congress leaders from visiting Rae Bareli lynching victims household

Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai was detained in Lucknow on Saturday (October 11, 2025) when he tried to go to Fatehpur and supply monetary help to the household of a Dalit man allegedly lynched in Rae Bareli on October 1. As quickly as Mr. Rai, together with senior get together leaders — together with Sitapur Lok Sabha MP Rakesh Rathore — got here out from the State get together workplace, the policemen stopped their car and took them to a police station. They have been later let loose within the night.

“When Hariom Balmiki was being brutally overwhelmed to dying, the police was lacking. Today, as Congress members are speeding to assistance from the sufferer’s household, the identical police forcibly stopped us. This exposes the administration’s utter indifference to the general public and the fearful mindset of these in energy. Due to stress from the federal government, police labored in an authoritarian trend. This is a direct assault on justice and humanity,” Mr. Rai instructed The Hindu.

Mr. Rai vowed to face with the sufferer’s household and battle for the problems of marginalised sections. “Brave employees of Rahul Gandhi won’t ever be intimidated by these threats. We will all the time stand towards oppression and injustice. We have been arrested and saved within the police line, however nobody can cease us from serving to Hariom Valmiki ji’s household. The Congress get together has all the time fought for the rights of the Dalits, the marginalised, and the exploited, and this battle will solely develop stronger now,” he stated.

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On October 10, an area Congress delegation from Fatehpur headed to satisfy Valmiki’s household to offer monetary help was stopped by the native administration.

The deceased was lynched by a mob on October 1 after he was suspected of being a thief. In the viral video of the incident, a bunch of males have been seen beating the sufferer, who could possibly be feebly heard saying some phrases, together with “Rahul Gandhi”. The accused continued to beat him, saying in Hindi that “everybody right here is with Baba”.

The Rae Bareli police stated Valmiki, who had reportedly been mentally unstable, was strolling to his in-laws’ home when a mob surrounded him and accused him of being a member of a gang marking homes with drones for theft. He was overwhelmed with belts and sticks and died quickly after. The video led to an uproar after which Rae Bareli police suspended three police personnel, together with a sub-inspector, and in addition eliminated the Station House Officer (SHO) Sanjay Kumar and arrested 5 individuals.

Leader of Opposition within the Lok Sabha and native MP Rahul Gandhi, whose identify additionally figured within the viral video, spoke with the household of the deceased on October 5, assuring assist and assist.