Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was stopped from entering Bisara village near Dadri town of Uttar Pradesh by local residents on Saturday. Kejriwal, who was accompanied by other AAP leaders Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh and Kumar Vishwas was not allowed to enter the village by the villagers. The leaders were later taken to NTPC guest house in Dadri by the administration.

Kejriwal took to Twitter to express his resentment over the incident and questioned why the local administration stopped him and his party leaders from meeting Iklakh's family when leaders like Asaduddin Owaisi were allowed to meet them.

We r stopped by police n admn. Mahesh Sharma n Owaisi not stopped yest. Then y me? I am most peace loving. Want 2 jst meet Ikhlak's family Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 3, 2015

I m being accused of doing politics. Yes, i am doing politics.But i m doing politics of unity and love. They r doing politics of hatred(1/2) Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 3, 2015

Talking to India Today, Greater Noida Superintendent of Police Sanjay Singh said, "Locals were agitated at media presence and the continuous visits of politicians in the village. That's why we told the Delhi CM that it's not the right time to visit. If and when situation improves, will take him along."



The residents have also banned the media from entering the village, where a Muslim man Iklakh was lynched to death and his 22-year-old son Danish was critically injured after a 200-member mob barged into their house on Monday night following rumours that the family had consumed beef.

Political blame game

The incident sparked a bitter political blame game among the parties. While the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of deliberately inciting violence ahead of 2017 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh as part of efforts to polarise people, the saffron party has termed it a failure of the state government in maintaining law and order.

Six people have been arrested in connection with the lynching and a manhunt has been launched to arrest the rest named accused in the case.

It was an accident: Mahesh Sharma

Union minister Mahesh Sharma, who is also the local MP, said political parties should refrain from giving a communal colour to the incident and the CBI must conduct an impartial investigation into the incident. He also urged the state to punish the guilty.

Sharma, who visited the family of the deceased on Friday and stuck to his stand that the incident was an accident. "If somebody claims that the incident was preplanned, I do not agree with it. It is an accident and the CBI must investigate the matter. The guilty should be punished," he added.

Ikhlaq targetted because of his religion: Owaisi

The next to visit the area was AIMIM leader and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi. The MP alleged that Ikhlaq was targetted because of his religion as part of a pre-planned conspiracy.

The AIMIM leader also met the deceased's wife. Owaisi alleged that the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP government was investigating a piece of meat instead of nabbing the attackers. "They are investigating a piece of meat and are treating the victim as the accused. This was not an attack over meat. He has been killed in the name of religion. This was a preplanned, coldblooded killing. It cannot be an accident," he added.

The MP from Hyderabad also hit out at Modi on his silence over the issue while saying that the 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' PM should have at least sent out a tweet expressing his condolences.

Lashing out at Sharma, Owaisi said: "Mahesh Sharma is the culture minister of the country and it is unfortunate that the minister does not have the courage and intellectual honesty to condemn the incident unconditionally."