21 crore people in Uttar Pradesh, yet lowest number of rapes: Mulayam Yadav
Lucknow: In a shocking incident and a chilling reminder of the brutal gangrape of a physiotherapist student in Delhi, a 25-year-old woman was raped and her body badly mutilated was found inside a school in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
Defending themselves over the brutal gangrape and murder of 25-year-old medical research institute employee, ruling Samajwadi Party government said that Uttar Pradesh was better than several other states.
“Look at the total population of Uttar Pradesh, it has a 21 crore population, if there is a state with lowest such cases, it is UP. State government has taken action," SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was quoted as saying.
The party has blamed the media for sensationalising the incident. "Such incidents can happen, I don't deny it but media should not highlight so much. State government is taking appropriate action in the case," he added.
According to doctors examining the body, the victim was subjected to extreme pain with a blunt object as wooden stick was thrust inside vaginal and anal area.
The victim started bleeding profusely and the men dragged her to a classroom and sexually abused her. The panel of doctors confirmed that the victim’s corpse had a total of 12 injuries, abrasions and contusions on the lower abdomen.
The culprits attacked the victim with batons and hit her face, chest, waist and private parts. The woman’s body lying in pool of blood was spotted by local villagers, just six kilometres from a village that former US president Bill Clinton had visited on Monday.
The woman was allegedly stripped and stabbed several times during the heinous crime. The incident has striking similarities with the Delhi gangrape case and once again ignites debate over law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.
The state government led by Akhilesh Yadav has suspended inspector Kamruddin and an ASI for negligence. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Alok Ranjan has called an emergency meeting of top officials to discuss the matter.
Recently, two girls, cousins aged 14 and 15 years, were allegedly gangraped and murdered and their bodies were found hanging from a tree a day after they went missing on May 27 in a village in the Ushait area in Badaun.
The case led to a nationwide uproar and is now being investigated by the CBI.
Badaun is situated about 300-km from Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow.
Such incidents shouldnt happen, will put a stop to these & we're working very strongly to end these: Shivpal Yadav on Lucknow gang rape case
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