Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP over pace of probe in Lakhimpur case

He says it decides whom to implicate and where to take the investigation

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday hit out at the BJP over the , charging that the saffron party decides whom to implicate and where to take the investigation.

He also charged that the BJP’s three engines — Delhi, Lucknow and Lakhimpur — are destroying law and order in Uttar Pradesh.

The Supreme Court on Monday suggested that a former judge of a “different High Court” should monitor the SIT probe on day-to-day basis in the case to infuse “independence, impartiality and fairness”.