Khan later denied the statements he made and said that he cared about the victims and their family members.
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“When innocent people can be murdered for political gains, for votes Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar can happen, when Shamli and Kairana can happen…It is not just a matter of two rapes”.
A gang of five men took over the auto at gunpoint and drove it to a swamp.
The suspects have been identified as Shawed, a resident of Dehpa Hapur; Rahees, a resident of Sutari Bulandshahr, and Jabar Singh, a resident of Rabupura in Gautam Budh Nagar.
Senior police officers, including inspector general VS Meena, deputy inspector general Ashutosh Kumar and senior superintendent of police RK Bhardwaj reached the crime scene to investigate.
DGP Javeed Ahmed said there were three women at the spot, adding one among them was an elderly woman. “Police recovered Rs 5,500 cash and a gold chain from them”, DIG (Meerut) Lakshmi Singh told TOI.
Barely three days after the terrifying Bulandshahr gangrape incident that left the entire nation in a state of shock, another incident in Uttar Pradesh raises serious questions on the ability of the state administration and its police. Her father filed a police complaint.
Reacting sharply to the statement, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak said it was shameful that a senior minister could make such outrageous statements.
The spokesperson said, law and order situation in the state is in shambles and almost 6,000 cases of loot and dacoity have been reported in Samajwadi Party regime. He demanded that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav apologise for the conduct of his colleague and recommend a CBI probe into the incident. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav should resign as he has failed to govern the state.
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“Chunav kareeb hai. Samajwadi Party ko badnam karne ke liye aur koi doosra rasta nahi hai”.
