Pawar said he has sought appointments with Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to discuss the matter and push for it to be raised in Parliament

“Initial investigations have revealed that some of the men arrested by the STF or the UP Police have links to the Samajwadi Party. The involvement of the Samajwadi Party, which already has a tarnished reputation, will also come to light as a state-level SIT is monitoring the entire case," the UP CM said