'He's gone mad,' says victim's uncle after Azam calls UP rape 'political conspiracy'
Lucknow: With the Akhilesh-led government facing Opposition ire over the Bulandshahr gangrape case, UP minister Azam Khan on Tuesday alleged that the incident could be a political conspiracy to defame his government ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls.
Hinting that the Congress could be behind the alleged gangrape of the 34-year-old woman and her minor daughter, who were robbed and raped at gunpoint in Bulandshahr, Azam said that a probe must be launched to investigate the truth.
“We must also probe whether this entire controversy is a move by some Opposition elements to defame the government. People who want to come to power may be stooping this low for political interests,” Azam told the media on Monday evening.
The victim's family sharply reacted to his claims, and a relative said that Azam Khan 'has gone mad'.
"Azam Khan pagalpan ka shikaar ho gaye hain (Azam Khan is suffering from madness)," said the victim's uncle to the media.
Khan had claimed that the Opposition would not shy from stooping to desperate levels to sling mud at the ruling government in the state.
“If the Congress can instigate 1000 riots in the country for votes, if for votes Gujarat can happen, if Muzzaffarnagar, Shamli and Kairana can happen, then why not this. Had Gandhi been alive, all this might have not happened, but they even got him killed,” Khan added.
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A gang of dacoits had brutally raped a woman and her 13-year-old daughter at gunpoint after dragging them out of a car in Bulandshahr on NH-91 when they were travelling with their family from Noida to Shahjahanpur on Friday night.
Uttar Pradesh Police had on Sunday arrested the three accused -- Naresh (25), Bablu (22) and Rais (28) – and detained a dozen others after launching a massive hunt for the dacoits suspected to be behind the highway crime.
Facing flak from opposition, the state government had suspended five officers, including district SSP Vaibhav Krishna.
