The accused is an associate of a BJP MLA, as per an FIR filed in this matter. The FIR states that the MLA’s crony, along with 15-20 accomplices, used a heavy earth-mover to tear up the road on October 2 night.
Miscreants claiming to be associated with a local MLA in Shahjahanpur dug a 7-km road using heavy machinery, assaulted workers, and set machines on fire. This was reportedly in response to the contractor s refusal to pay a "goonda tax". The contractor alleges that the troublemaker behind the destruction is Jagveer Singh, who identifies himself as the local MLA s representative.
The tragedy was waiting to happen, locals said, because of the risk involved in operating rickety boats across the Bagmati river near the stretch where the boat sank on Thursday