UP police have arrested three people in connection to the alleged rape and murder of a Dalit girl.
The 22-year-old woman has been missing since 31 January. The body of the woman was discovered naked near a canal.
The family of the woman alleges that their daughter was found in a brutal position with deep cuts and fractures and that her eyes were missing.
Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi condemned the brutal murder of a Dalit girl in Ayodhya and stated on the social media platform X, “The inhumanity and brutal murder of a Dalit daughter in Ayodhya is heart-breaking and very shameful. If the administration had paid heed to the cry for help of the girl’s family that had been echoing for three days, perhaps her life could have been saved.”
“Another daughter’s life ended due to this heinous crime. After all, how many more families will have to cry and suffer like this? Under the anti-Bahujan BJP rule, especially in Uttar Pradesh, the heinous atrocities, injustice, and murders against Dalits are increasing rampantly,” Rahul stated.
In addition to his statement, he said, “The Uttar Pradesh government should immediately investigate this crime, ensure that the culprits are given the harshest punishment, and take strict action against the responsible policemen. And please do not harass the victim’s family as usual. The daughters of the country and the entire Dalit community are looking towards you for justice.”
Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also slammed the Uttar Pradesh government and posted on social media X, “The kind of barbarism that was meted out to a Dalit girl who had gone to listen to the Bhagwat Katha in Ayodhya would send shivers down the spine of any human being. Such cruel incidents shame all of humanity.”
“The girl was missing for three days but the police did nothing. In the BJP’s Jungle Raj, no one is there to listen to the cries of Dalits, tribals, backward and poor. The UP government has become synonymous with atrocities on Dalits. I demand that strict action be taken against those guilty of atrocities as well as the responsible policemen and officers,” she added.
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