The defendants will be sent to jail, said BJP’s Kailash Vijayvargiya (file)
Amid growing outrage over the death of a gang-raped and tortured woman in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh and her cremation at 2.30am by police officers against her family’s wishes, a BJP leader’s comment on the action against the defendant raised his eyebrows.
While securing the action against the four men accused of the savage assault on the 20-year-old woman, which left her with broken bones throughout her body, paralysis and breathing difficulties, BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya appeared to hint at the murder of the Notorious gangster Vikas Dubey in July.
“The accused have been arrested. The case has been sent to a fast track court. The accused will be sent to jail … Yogi (Adityanath) is the Chief Minister. Principal jaanta hun ki unke pradesh mein kabhi bhi gaadi palat jaati hai (I know that in your state, a car can overturn at any time), “Mr. Vijayvargiya told the ANI news agency.
#WATCH The accused have been detained. The case has been sent to fast track court. The accused will be sent to jail … Yogi Ji jo wahan ke CM hain, principal jaanta hun ki unke pradesh principal kabhi bhi gaadi palat jati hai: BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya in #Hathras gang rape case pic.twitter.com/ksSERx3nu0
– ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2020
Although he did not specify or take any names, many linked the comment to how Vikas Dubey, wanted for the murder of eight policemen, was shot and killed after his arrest by Uttar Pradesh policemen.
Dubey was shot and killed on July 10 while being taken back to UP in a police convoy. Police said the car with Dubey swerved and overturned. The gangster, they claimed, took advantage of the accident, snatched the gun from a policeman, tried to escape and opened fire. It was then that they shot him dead, UP policemen said.
Amid questions about the murder, the Supreme Court requested a report.
UP police are once again under scrutiny for the way they handled Hathras’ gang rape. The woman’s family alleges that they were slow to react and initially dismissed her injuries as “drama.”
Last night, the police took her body and forcibly cremated her, refusing to hand her over to her family; her father had begged that she take the body home for the last rites of the morning. When the woman was cremated, only the police were present and the family had been barricaded in their home.
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