Updated Jan 08, 2021 | 15:01 IST
National Commission for Women member Chandramukhi Devi had visited the village of the 50-year-old gang-rape victim in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi | Photo Credit: IANS
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday slammed NCW member Chandramukhi Devi for her remark a day earlier that the gang rape and murderous assault on a woman in Badaun would not have happened if she had not stepped out alone in the evening or if she were accompanied by a child. Do you think that women s safety will be ensured after this kind of statement? The NCW member is blaming the victim for the crime. The administration is upset how the post-mortem report got leaked; in Moradabad, a victim is battling for her life. Women will not forgive this kind of treatment, the Congress leader said.
Updated Jan 06, 2021 · 11:32 pm Representational image. | Swapan Mahapatra/PTI
Several Opposition parties criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government on Wednesday over the gangrape and murder of a 50-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun district, reported PTI.
The incident took place on January 3 night after she went to a local temple, but an first information report was filed only on Tuesday evening after the woman’s postmortem report revealed injuries in her genitalia. The police have filed a case against two men, including a priest. Her husband said that the accused dropped her home in car, claiming that she had fallen into a well. According to him, she died a few minutes later. However, the woman’s son said his mother was dead when the men dropped her home.