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Mathura clashes: Supreme Court to hear plea seeking CBI probe today

Delhi BJP spokesperson and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay sought an urgent hearing in the case due to the gravity of the violence.

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A vacation bench of justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy listed the matter on Monday
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The Supreme Court will on Tuesday have an urgent hearing on the plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Mathura violence.

A vacation bench of justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy had on Monday listed the matter, filed by lawyer and Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay. The petitioner's advocate sought an urgent hearing saying the CBI probe is necessary, looking at the gravity of the violence. The petitioner said, the court may also take suo motu cognisance of the matter and direct the CBI enquiry, as it is necessary to find out the truth.

Speaking at a rally in Amroha on Sunday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh dared the Uttar Pradesh Government to call for a CBI investigation into the incident. "It seems like there is more to it than meets the eye. And such things should be brought into the open," said Rajnath at the rally. "If the Uttar Pradesh Government wants to get to the bottom of this, they should ask for a CBI inquiry into the violence. If they ask, the Centre will surely agree. This is not a small incident," he added.

BJP president Amit Shah had earlier held Uttar Pradesh Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav responsible for the Mathura violence and sought his resignation. The Samajwadi Party, however, countered his assertion and dared the BJP president to either produce evidence in support of his allegations or tender a public apology.

A large amount of explosives were found during the search operation on Monday at the Jawahar Bagh where 25 people, including two cops, were killed following a clash between the police personnel and encroachers. Facing flak from all corners for offering a compensation of only Rs 20 lakh to the kin of policemen killed in Mathura violence, the state government reportedly swung into damage control and increased the amount of compensation from Rs. 20 lakh to 50 lakh earlier on Saturday.

It also announced that that the kin of the deceased security men will also be provided with extra ordinary pension. 

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