Stern motion can be taken towards responsible: Congress on Rajasthan minor’s ‘gang rape’ case

By PTI

NEW DELHI: After a Rajasthan Congress MLA’s son and 4 others had been booked fore allegedly raping a minor lady within the state, the celebration on Saturday stated stern motion can be taken towards the responsible regardless of who they’re.

The Congress, which is in energy in Rajasthan, additionally attacked the BJP and alleged that the celebration protects its personal individuals even when they’re accused of rape or crushing harmless farmers below their automobile.

Former Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was sentenced to life imprisonment in December 2019 for raping a woman whereas Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is among the key accused in a case associated to killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri.

“I want to assure everybody, whosoever you may be, the Congress party will not protect ‘Sengars’ of the world. You cannot, in the Congress party, trample farmers and remain Union Minister and cohabit with Narendra Modi ji (prime minister) and (Union home minister) Amit Shah Ji,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala stated.

“We will take stern action as per law and after an investigation irrespective of who the accused may be,” he stated when requested concerning the son of gang rape incident in Rajasthan.

Deepak Meena, the son of Congress MLA Johari Lal Meena from Rajgarh meeting constituency in Alwar district and 4 others have been booked by police for allegedly raping a 15-year-old lady belonging to Dausa district.

One of the 5 accused, recognized as Vivek Sharma, was additionally booked for extorting Rs 15 lakh in money and jewelry objects from the sufferer by threatening to add the video of the incident on social media, SHO Nathu Lal of the Mandawar Police Station in Dausa stated.

According to the SHO, the incident happened in February when the accused took the lady to a resort on Mahwa-Mandawar Road and dedicated the crime.