Lucknow/Varanasi, Sept. 15 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of BJP worker Sitaram Upadhyay, also known as Jokhu, who succumbed to injuries on September 11 after an alleged police lathicharge in Ghazipur district on September 9.

The SIT was formed on chief minister Yogi Adityanath's directive after a BJP delegation met him earlier in the day and apprised him of the incident. Ghazipur district magistrate Avinash Kumar has ordered a magisterial inquiry.

The SIT will be led by DCP Kashi Zone Gaurav Bansal, with additional DCP Anshuman Mishra and assistant CP Nitin Taneja as members, an official statement said.

The BJP delegation which met the CM included Ghaz...