Congress party workers staged a protest in Hapur on Monday to protest the alleged gang rape of a Dalit girl in Mahoba district.
The workers reached the District Magistrate’s office and submitted a memorandum addressed to the Governor to SDM Sakshi Sharma.
Congress District President Rakesh Tyagi stated in the memorandum that a Dalit girl returning from NEET coaching in Mahoba was abducted by miscreants. It is alleged that she was held in Prayagraj for 15 days, drugged, and gang-raped.
He also alleged that when State Congress President Ajay Rai visited the victim’s family, the administration did not allow him in. Targeting the BJP government, he said that rape cases against women and girls are continuously increasing in the state. He accused the government of inaction on this issue.
City President Irfan Ahmed demanded that the victim’s family be given a compensation of ₹50 lakh and that punitive action be taken against the culprits as soon as possible. He also stated that visiting the victim’s family is not a crime.
Present during the meeting were former MLA Gajraj Singh, PCC member and former Dhaulana Assembly candidate Pandit Arvind Sharma, senior Congress leader Dr. VC Sharma, former councilor Aijaz Ahmed, former SC-ST District President Naresh Bhati, City President Pilkhua Rajneesh Tyagi, District Vice President Ravindra Gurjar, District Vice President Mursaleen Chaudhary, District Vice President Lal Bahadur, District President of the Ideology Department Seema Sharma, District President of the Law and Human Rights Department Advocate Raghuveer Singh, State Vice President of the Outreach Committee Kuldeep Atreya, SC-ST State Secretary Vinod Jatav, SC-ST State Secretary Rashmi Chaudhary, District General Secretary Gaurav Garg, District General Secretary Yashpal Dhilor, District General Secretary Kapil Sharma, City President of the OBC Cell Afzal Aadhati, Garh Block President Bijendra Tyagi, Simbhaoli Block President Nafees Khan, Sachin Goyal, Ramlal Arya, and many other activists.
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Courtesy: Hindi News