The Allahabad High Court on Thursday sought a progress report from the Uttar Pradesh government while hearing a PIL filed in connection with the death of a woman and her daughter who were allegedly burnt to death during encroachment removal in Kanpur Dehat.
The court also sought an affidavit from the state Home Secretary in the matter. The court will hear the matter on March 16. The order was passed by a division bench headed by Justice MK Gupta on a PIL filed by Avnish Kumar Pandey.
A petition has been filed demanding that the court intervenes in the investigation launched by the government and monitor it.
On behalf of the state government, the court was told that the government has taken immediate action after this incident.