NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday formed a special team, headed by an Additional Superintendent of Police, to investigate the serial murders of children at Nithari village here over the last two years.

Senior Superintendent of Police (Noida) R.K.S. Rathore said the team would interrogate the accused and help expedite the investigation process. "The new team will be headed by Additional Superintendent (Baghpat) Sreekrishan and comprise more than 10 members including three Deputy Superintendents and Inspectors."

At Nithari, Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal accused the Mulayam Government of inaction. "The Centre is ready for initiating a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the incident if the State Government is ready," he said.

Expressing concern over the law and order situation in the State, Mr. Jaiswal said he was visiting the village as a representative of the Union Government and there was no politics involved.

State Public Works Department Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav distributed cheques to the kin of the victims here.

The accused, businessman Moninder Singh and his domestic help Surender, were taken to Ahmedabad for a narco-analysis test.

Row over `letter'

Lucknow Special Correspondent reports:

A letter related to the killings, reportedly written by Governor T.V. Rajeswar to Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, has sparked a fresh dispute between the Raj Bhavan and the State Government.

The letter was received by the Chief Minister on Thursday, sources said.

The Governor reportedly suggested that from media reports it appeared that the killings had larger ramifications. Hence, the Government should refer the case to the CBI.

Samajwadi Party general secretary and MP Beni Prasad Verma told reporters that the Governor had exceeded his brief and had no business to interfere in the working of the Government.

He alleged that the Raj Bhavan had been reduced to a party office. He said the Congress-led UPA Government was looking for an alibi to impose President's rule.

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