UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav met the family and promised to fulfill their demands. "We have already given Rs 25 lakh... Money is not a big thing but to support and respect the family is the duty of the government".

He said the jawan's mother and wife were weak and in grief. "So this is the time to stand by the family," he said.

BJP president Gadkari and senior leaders Swaraj and Rajnath Singh reached Hemraj's residence, 160 kms from Delhi and 50 km from Mathura, this afternoon while Congress MP Avtar Singh Badana met the family earlier in the day. But it did little to console the family.

Narender, Hemraj's cousin, who is on fast along with the jawan's widow and mother, questioned the visit of politicians at the house days after the incident alleging that they were trying to capitalise on the issue."Politicians are visiting us for their own interests. If they wanted to pay respect, they should have come on the day when he was cremated. Even they could have visited us two days
later but what is the point in coming now on the sixth day," Narender said.