"Lawbreakers not spared in UP": Union Minister Giriraj Singh after encounter in Badaun double murder

Begusarai (Bihar) [India], March 20 : After one of the accused in Badaun's double murder case was gunned down by the Uttar Pradesh police hours after committing the crime, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said on Wednesday that lawbreakers are not spared in UP.
Singh defended Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's rule in UP, saying, "Samajwadi Party (SP) is saying such things due to its declining public support base... Be it Hindu or Muslim, whoever has tried to take the law into their own hands in Uttar Pradesh has not been spared by CM Yogi Adityanath."
"The accused in Badaun has been brutally punished. He committed the heinous murder and also attacked the police; hence, he died in an encounter," Singh said while speaking to reporters.
Earlier, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav launched a scathing attack on the ruling BJP government, accusing it of failing to maintain law and order in the state.
"Two brothers have lost their lives. They could have been saved if the police had acted from the beginning. The government's failure cannot be hidden through an encounter," said Akhilesh Yadav while addressing a press conference earlier in the day.
Two young brothers, aged 11 and 6, were allegedly hacked to death in Badaun's Baba Colony on Tuesday.
Following this, one of the two accused involved in the incident was killed in an encounter with the police on Tuesday evening.
According to officials, one of the accused, identified as Sajid, fled the scene after the attack and was later spotted in a nearby forest.
The police team chased him after receiving information about his location. He opened fire at our team upon being confronted by our Special Operations Group (SOG) and police station personnel. He sustained a bullet injury in retaliatory firing and succumbed to his wounds, officials said.