New Delhi, Oct 18: Charging the local BJP leaders with making all out efforts to cover up the lynching of five dalits in Haryana, former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today asked Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to order a judicial probe into it. "This incident has taken place in connivance with the local police, the administration and communal forces. BJP leaders there are trying to hush up the incident," Paswan told reporters here.
He said he had written a letter to Vajpayee on the issue, requesting him to ensure prosecution of all those police officers present at the scene of the crime besides ordering a judicial probe into the whole matter by a High Court judge.
BJP, which is well known for "its hatred" against Muslims, was now targeting Dalits, Paswan alleged.


Bureau Report