Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav has vowed to set up a three-member party committee to push the gang rape and murder of the 50-year-old woman of the Badaun district to the bottom.
SP Speaker Rajendra Chaudhary said that on January 7, the committee led by former party MP Dharmendra Yadav would visit the spot and “test” the incident. The commission will visit the victim’s families as well to comfort them.
The woman was gang-raped and was reportedly murdered by a priest and his two accomplices as she went to a temple on Sunday. Police said the victim’s legs and ribcage bones were found fractured in addition to fractures in her private areas.
Although the priest was on the lam, his two accomplices were arrested on Tuesday night following a reported post-mortem attack, police said on Wednesday.
The National Women’s Commission (NCW) has written to Hitesh C Awasthy, State Director General of Police (DGP), requesting his help in the matter.
Rekha Sharma, chairman of the NCW, said that a member of the commission would go to the site to investigate the matter.
“We have taken cognizance of the matter. We have written a letter to DGP. One NCW member is going to the spot to investigate the matter to meet the family and the police and take stock of the situation. NCW will be following this case closely and we will make sure that justice will be delivered,” she said.
The Congress party requested a judicial investigation into the incident by a sitting high court judge. It also requested that a reward of Rs 50 lakh be granted to the family of the deceased.
Party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit the Yogi Adityanath government over gang rape and murder, claiming that the Uttar Pradesh administration’s intentions on the issue of women’s problems were false.
