Families Of Sonbhadra Firing Victims Reach Mirzapur To Meet Priyanka Gandhi

Family members of the victims of Sonbhadra clashes and firing have reached Mirzapur to meet Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who spent last night at a guest house there.

Priyanka had insisted on meeting the families of victims in Sonbhadra, where at least 10 people, including three women, died and over 24 were injured in a clash between Gond and Gujjar communities over a land dispute on Wednesday.

However, the police have imposed section 144 in the area and prevented Priyanka from going there.

On Saturday morning, the families reached the guest house but the police didn't allow them to meet the Congress leader.

Speaking to reporters, Priyanka said she failed to understand what the administration and police wanted. "They (the families) are here to meet me but are not being permitted," she said.

"Two relatives of victims and 15 others have come here are to meet me. Even I am not being allowed to meet them. God knows what their mentality is," Priyanka was quoted as saying by ANI

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Meanwhile,  a four-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation, led by its Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien, was on Saturday detained at the Varanasi Airport from where they were supposed to travel by road to Sonebhadra district.

In a tweet, the TMC quoted Derek as saying that the ADM, SP hadn't given any reason and said that he was detaining the delegation following the instructions from "top-most."