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Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nitin Raut was detained near Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh border. he was heading to meet family of Dalit sarpanch Satyamev Jayate, who was allegedly shot dead.
Dalit sarpanch, Satyamev Jayate aka Pappu Ram, was allegedly shot dead by three motorcycle-borne men last Friday in village Bansgaon in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh.
Taking to Twitter, Uttar Pradesh Congress tweeted: “Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and National President of scheduled caste department Nitin Raut was detained at Azamgarh border.”
Earlier, in a statement, Maharashtra Energy Minister Raut has called the incident as “gruesome” and has expressed concern over the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh and ‘growing attacks on Dalits’.
