Around 250 villagers of Raini Samdaha village of Dhaurhara tehsil got trapped in the foothills of Sharda river. When the administration came to know about this, it started rescuing the villagers surrounded by flood waters.
An SIT member said, "We have issued summons to record statements of the farmers who were present on the spot and were part of the mob. A few of them appeared before us earlier but none were arrested."
"The SIT asked questions related to the incident and the same statement was recorded for both the FIRs. They were asked questions such as how did they realise they were in danger and what did they do after farmers were mowed down," Jasbir Singh Virk, president of Bhartiya Sikh Sangathan said.
Earlier the UP government had pointed out that CrPC 144 was in place in Lucknow and therefore, denied Congress' request to visit the violence-hit area.
"The one who is kept in custody is not afraid - she is a true Congress leader, will not give up! Satyagraha will not stop," Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.
