Yogendra Yadav distances himself from the rape incident on the Tikri border

We reported earlier within the day {that a} lady from West Bengal was reportedly raped by two males, each members of the Aam Aadmi Party, when she was going to affix the farmer protest website on the Tikri border, Delhi. The father of the lady had filed a grievance based mostly on which an FIR was registered by the Police beneath Sections 120B, 342, 354, 365, 376D and 506. He stated in his grievance that his daughter was pressured on the practice and within the tent on the protest website by accused Anil and Anup Singh.
The sufferer’s father additional stated that former AAP chief and activist Yogendra Yadav, who at present doubles up as a ‘farmer leader’, and can be a member of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, knew in regards to the allegations of rape however did nothing. 
‘Activist’ Yogendra Yadav tries to distance himself from the incident
Now, in a press launch, Yogendra Yadav was seen distancing himself from the purported incident. Speaking in regards to the chronology of occasions, Yadav claims that Samyukta Kisan Morcha members didn’t know in regards to the incident till it grew to become public. He says that the sufferer had solely confided in just a few of her shut buddies, that too solely in regards to the incident of harassment within the practice and never the rape on the Tikri border.
Yadav, persevering with to alienate himself and his individuals from the heinous crime, says that the management didn’t know something in regards to the lady till the information of her sickness reached them round April 18th-Nineteenth.
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He continues to assert that when the lady didn’t recuperate till April 22-23, she contacted her father, who in flip bought in contact with an All India Kisan Sangarsh Coordination Committee member in Kolkata looking for assist his daughter who was in Delhi then. This All India Kisan Sangarsh Coordination Committee member then dialled Yogendra Yadav informing him in regards to the lady’s ‘medical condition’.
He stresses that the daddy knowledgeable him solely in regards to the lady’s ‘medical condition’, insinuating that the rape allegation was an afterthought.
Yadav continues that when his spouse spoke to the sufferer, the latter hinted that she was being harrassed, however she didn’t say something explicitly.
Speaking of the chorology of occasions, Yadav retains stressing, again and again, that the sufferer was affected by a ‘medical condition’ and that she examined constructive for COVID and succumbed to the virus. At no level within the press launch, Yadav mentions the sexual assault on the lady by the AAP leaders.
On April twenty fifth, Yadav claims that the sufferer’s father messaged him saying that she was being taken away by some individuals. When Yadav spoke to the sufferer she didn’t inform him any particulars other than hinting that the youths who have been taking her away someplace didn’t seem first rate.
Yogendra Yadav continues that whereas he was chatting with the sufferer, he felt that somebody was overhearing their dialog.
It was then when Yadav bought a little bit suspicious and requested the lady to provide the cellphone to one of many youths who was accompanying her. On chatting with certainly one of them, Yadav learnt that Anup and Anil have been with the sufferer. The accused informed Yadav that they have been taking her to Kolkata together with her father’s prior permission.
“Since I felt that there was something not right, I asked the girl to send me her location”, stated activist Yogendra Yadav furthering that he tracked their location and when he smelt one thing fishy he directed them to return to Tikri instantly.
At this level, the previous AAP chief as soon as once more tries to disassociate his occasion from the incident reiterating that till the night time of April twenty fourth, they didn’t know the sufferer nor did they know her father or something in regards to the incident for that matter.
Accused claims conspiracy to defame farmers’ protest
While the previous AAP chief tries his greatest to distance himself from the incident, a report by Times Now has revealed that one of many accused has additionally refuted the allegations in opposition to him. Accused Anup Singh has claimed {that a} ploy has been hatched to defame the continued farmers’ protest. In a video message, the AAP chief stated that there was an incident of “assault” on-board the practice, however the accusations of “rape at the Tikri border” are “false”.
“Culprits should be punished. But rape accusations are wrong… I am still at the Tikri border site,” Singh claimed. 
Victim’s father contends that Yogendra Yadav was conscious of the brutalities meted out on his daughter
It is pertinent to notice right here, that the Hindi each day, Dainik Bhaskar in its report had cited the lady’s father to contend that Yadav was conscious of the brutalities meted out on his daughter, and but he turned a blind eye to it. The report says that Yadav was in contact with the lady since April 24, earlier than her dying, and was conscious of her predicament. However, he didn’t inform the police in regards to the incident, which raises the query of whether or not he needed to cover the misdeeds of the accused.
Woman who died of COVID at Tikri border protest website was raped and blackmailed
The matter got here to gentle after the daddy of the lady filed a grievance based mostly on which an FIR was registered by the Police beneath Sections 120B, 342, 354, 365, 376D and 506. As per the police, they’ve shaped a group to trace down two of the accused within the case.
As per the grievance, on April 10, the lady, aged round 25 years, got here to Tikri border protest website from West Bengal with a bunch to affix the farmers’ protest in opposition to the just lately enacted agriculture legal guidelines. On April 26, she was admitted to a hospital within the Jhajjar district after exhibiting Covid signs. Vijay Kumar, Police Officer at Bahadurgarh Police Station, stated, “She died on April 30. Her father has filed a case of rape against two men.”