Uttar Pradesh Dalit sisters' rape: A mockery of law and justice
Activists hold placards to protest against the gang rape of two teenage girls. Police arrested a third suspect and hunted for two others Saturday in the gang rape and slaying of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in Katra village, a case- This picture bring to mind the protest held (not so long ago) in Delhi where students took to the ctreets to protest against the brutal gang rape of a student in New Delhi.
- When the journalist said, “No”, the Chief Minister said, “Thank you. You should propagate this.” He said a new police control room has come up in Kanpur and added that no other state government has such a set-up.
- Asked what is his view on the law and order situation in UP in the wake of the incident, he retorted, “I hope you have not faced any danger!”
- “I hope you have not faced any danger,” shot back Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday when asked about the law and order situation in the state in the backdrop of the Badaun rape and murder incident.
- Meanwhile, in Azamgarh district, the constituency of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, a young Dalit girl was gangraped by four men on Thursday night. Four men allegedly caught the 17-year-old girl and gangraped her in a field.
- Sarvesh and Chhatrpal have been booked under section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC, while the three brothers, Pappu, Awadhesh and Urvesh, and two others have been booked under Section 302 (murder) and 376 (rape) of IPC.
- The postmortem report of the two girls confirmed that they were raped before murder, Saxena had said.
- The incident had triggered protests in the area with villagers alleging police apathy, following which an FIR was registered against seven persons.
- The two girls, who were cousins and aged 14 and 15, went missing from their house on the night of May 27 and their bodies were found hanging from a mango tree in the village in Ushait area the next morning.
- Two policemen have been arrested in connection with the gang rape and murder of two Dalit sisters, police have confirmed.
- Gandhi was accompanied by AICC general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Madhusudan Mistry, state PCC chief Nirmal Khatri and chairman of AICC Scheduled Castes department K Raju. According to TV reports, the fifth man has been nabbed while two
- Congress vice president met bereaved family members of the two Dalit girls who were brutually gangraped and murdered in a village in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh. A fifth accused in the gangrape and murder of two teenage sisters, who were found
- Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Badaun (UP), to meet family members of the gang rape victims. (Photo: Twitter)
- An activist places a candle on a pavement during a candle lit march.
- Activists held candle light march during a vigil to support the protest.
- Police investigating the place where the incident took place.
- Activists shout slogans during a candle lit vigil to protest against the gang rape. The placard reads "Is this a democracy or the rule of gangsters."
- Rahul Gandhi interacts with women during his visit to a village.
- Indian policemen cordon off the area as villagers and others look towards the tree where two teenage girls were found hanging.
- BJP women workers raise slogans and burn an effigy of Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in Allahabad.
Activists hold placards to protest against the gang rape of two teenage girls. Police arrested a third suspect and hunted for two others Saturday in the gang rape and slaying of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in Katra village, a case
Uttar Pradesh Dalit sisters' rape: A mockery of law and justice
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