Lucknow, Oct. 8 -- A delegation of Congress leaders on Tuesday visited the Fatehpur house of a Dalit man who was allegedly lynched in Rae Bareli on October 3.

The team that met the family members of Hariom Valmiki included the chairman of the scheduled castes department of the All India Congress Committee Rajendra Pal Gautam, the chairman of the SC department of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee and Barabanki MP Tanuj Punia and a cabinet minister in the Telangana government Vivek Venkat Swami.

Meanwhile, National Students' Union of India (NSUI) held a demonstration to protest against the incident, at Hazratganj here. A candlelight march was also carried out from the UPCC office in Mall Avenue to Mahatma Gandhi statue in Hazratganj on...