Yadav flays Yogi govt over suicide bids by two Jhansi ladies, cops deny sexual harassment as cause

By PTI

LUCKNOW: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday attacked the Yogi Adityanath authorities over girls’s security in Uttar Pradesh, referring to an incident in Jhansi the place two sisters, allegedly fed up with the police inaction over their criticism of sexual harassment, consumed poison.

Police, nonetheless, refuted Yadav’s declare that the 2 sisters have been sexually harassed, and mentioned they’d consumed poison, alleging police inaction over their criticism of harassment by their neighbours over a dispute on watering an under-construction home.

“It’s saddening that losing hope from the police, two sisters, facing sexual harassment in Jhansi, consumed poison. All those criminals and officials involved and those patronising them should face an unbiased probe. Security of sisters and daughters should be the first indicator of law and order,” Akhilesh Yadav mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

Responding to Yadav’s allegation, the Jhansi police claimed in a tweet that the 2 ladies’ allegations of sexual harassment have been false and so they had a battle with a neighbouring lady and her son Rahul over the watering of an under-construction home.

After the incident of the women consuming poison got here to gentle, police acted within the matter and have registered an FIR towards the mother-son duo, the Jhansi police mentioned on its Twitter deal with. The police have additionally fashioned a group to arrest the accused, they mentioned.

The Jhansi police mentioned it even suspended the police station in-charge J P Yadav with fast impact for not taking correct motion on the women’ criticism and ordered a departmental probe towards him. According to docs, the situation of the women is regular, police mentioned.