Ankit Saxena’s Family Will Be Provided Legal Help By Delhi Government, Says Arvind Kejriwal

The murder has created a political storm in Delhi. Bharatiya Janata Party Delhi Chief Manoj Tiwari had demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the family of the victim.

New Delhi, Feb 4: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the state government will provide legal help to the family of Ankit Saxena. In a tweet, Kejriwal said he had a conversation with father of 23-year-old man who was brutally killed in West Delhi for an alleged affair with a girl from a different community. Criticising the murder, Kejriwal said the government will hire prominent lawyers to ensure justice to the family of the victim.

“Ankit ke pitaji se baat hui. jo hua, uski jitni neenda karein kam hai. Ankit ko nyay dilane ke liye Dilli Sarkar bade se bada vakil khada karegi. Har sambhav koshish karenge ki doshiyon ko sakht se sakht saja ho. Bhagwan Ankit ke parivaar ko shakti de. Is sangharsh me hum unke Saath hai (Had a conversation with Ankit’s father. No amount of condemnation would be enough for the murder. We will hire prominent lawyers to ensure justice to Ankit’s family. We will provide all possible help to get culprits booked. Let god bestow peace upon Ankit’s family. We are with them in this struggle)” tweeted Kejriwal.

The murder has created a political storm in Delhi. Bharatiya Janata Party Delhi Chief Manoj Tiwari had demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the family of the victim.

On Thursday, 23-year-old Ankit Saxena was stabbed to death allegedly by family members of his girlfriend in west Delhi. The incident happened when Saxena went to meet his girlfriend near his home. It was then he was stopped by girl’s family members. The victim was then punched and stabbed by the girl’s father.

“There were dozens of people watching my son get beaten up, but none of them dared to save him. My son was a body builder himself, but he was helpless when the killers caught and killed him. The sight of the woman’s father wielding a big kukri knife must have scared others,” he mother said, DNA reported.

“My husband and I kept begging people to arrange a vehicle to rush my son to a hospital, but no one helped. E-rickshaw and auto drivers would stop, take a look and leave,” she added.