Priyanka detained en route to Sonbhadra

July 19, 2019 12:32

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been detained at Narayanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Section 144 has been imposed in the area ahead of the visit. She is sitting on Dharna in Mirzapur near Sonbhadra.

Priyanka is in UP to visit Sonbhadra to meet the family members of those who were killed in firing over a land dispute on July 17. Apart from meeting the family members, Priyanka is also expected to visit the place of the incident.

"I just want to go and meet families of victims, I even said I will take only 4 people with me. Yet the administration is not letting us go there. They should tell us why we are being stopped. We will continue to sit here peacefully.

"We won't be cowed down. We were only going peacefully to meet victim families. I don't know where are they taking me, we are ready to go anywhere," she said.

The killings took place in Ubbha village of Ghorawal where the village head went to take possession of his land purchased two years ago. However, he met with opposition from the villagers which triggered the firing allegedly by his aides leading to the 10 deaths.

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