Lucknow, Nov. 27 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Thursday intensified his attack on the state and central governments over the alleged harassment caused by the SIR (System for Information Review) system, claiming that the pressure imposed through the mechanism has led to the death of five employees in UP.
Rai visited Fatehpur, where he paid tribute to Sudhir Kumar, an SIR supervisor who reportedly died a day before his wedding. Expressing condolences to the family, Rai alleged that the SIR framework has turned into a tool of "extreme pressure and mental torture" for government employees.
Rai claimed that the family of Vijay Kumar Verma (Lucknow), a BLO who allegedly died of brain hemorrhage, has alleged he was under excess...