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Sisodia was the elder brother of one of the juveniles accused of lynching Mohammad Akhlaq (50) in Dadri’s Bisara village in 2015. BJP MLA, Tejpal Nagar, denied any knowledge of Sisodia’s brother being an accused in the lynching case. Maintaining that he had assured the youth of Bisara of getting contract jobs at the NTPC, he said: “Neeraj was the son of Om Kumar. The immolation incident has prompted the local BJP MLA to ask the NTPC to employ Neeraj’s brother and other youth from Bisara. Mohd Akhlaq Mohd AkhlaqOn October 7, a 25-year-old contractual employee of NTPC Dadri, Neeraj Sisodia, set himself ablaze outside the gate after he was fired by the contractor..