UP cop murder: Cop's wife lists out eight demands for Akhilesh

Parveen Azad, wife of slain Uttar Pradesh DSP Zia Ul-haq, after insisting that the chief minister meet the family and assure it justice, put down a list of eight demands when Akhilesh Yadav met her yesterday. A Hindustan Times report quoted her as telling Akhilesh, “I want a job for myself equivalent in stature to my slain husband’s. Also for two of my family members as Zia was the only earning member of our large family.” [caption id=“attachment_648448” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Parveen Azad, the wife of slain UP cop Zia Ul-haq. PTI[/caption] Bowing to the demands of Azad, whose husband was killed by a mob in Pratapgarh late on Saturday, Akhilesh on Monday also ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the murder. Azad and her husband, who were newly married, used to reportedly discuss the occupational hazards of being a policeman in UP. “My husband often used to discuss how insecure he felt, especially after his posting in Kunda where as you know who rules,” Azad told the CM, reported Hindustan Times. The chief minister, with some officials, flew to Deoria and drove to the village of the deceased police official to offer floral tributes to the slain police official. Addressing the media after interacting with the family of Haq, the chief minister announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs.50 lakh to the family of the official and a government job for one family member. He also ordered a CBI investigation into the killing of Haq. Azads demands also included a payment of Rs. 1 crore ex gratia to her and the family, a CBI inquiry into her husband’s murder, Raja Bhaiya’s arrest, security for her and the family and providing the postmortem examination report to them, reported Hindustan Times. Akhilesh agreed to all of her demands. He said the government was shocked and saddened by the death of the police officer, and that no one found guilty of murder would be allowed to go scot-free. “The government has acted and would further act tough on the perpetrators of the heinous crime. Nobody will be allowed to get away from such a crime that took away a braveheart official from amongst us,” Akhilesh said. With inputs from IANS