Uma Bharti demands Arjun's arrest

BHOPAL, JAN. 28. The Union Tourism Minister, Ms. Uma Bharti has said that she would resort to an agitation if the senior Congress(I) leader, Mr. Arjun Singh was not arrested in connection with the killing of a police constable by a spotted deer at his Kerwha dam house, near here, on Tuesday.

In a letter addressed to the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. Digvijay Singh yesterday, Ms. Bharti also demanded that Mr. Arjun Singh pay a compensation of Rs. 50 lakhs to the family of the constable, Kailash Singh Yadav.

Urging the Chief Minister to give directives for holding an inquiry into the killing, the Union Minister said the dependents of Yadav should be given a Government job.

She said that the incident indicated that ``the state administration appeared to be lax in dealing with powerful people''.

In a letter to Mr. Arjun Singh, the Minister hoped that he would ``provide full cooperation in initating action against those responsible for the killing of Yadav''.

- PTI

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