Key points:
- CM Yogi Adityanath breaks silence on Hathras gang-rape case, says ‘culprits will face action to be remembered’
- UP CM Adityanath’s comments come amid protests against the UP government’s handling of the Hathras gang-rape case, with the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) demanding his resignation.
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday, 2 October took to Twitter to criticize the rape cases that came to light in the past week in Hathras, Balrampur, Bulandshahr, and Azamgarh and said that the culprits will face consequences that will set an example for others.
“The ones who even think of harming the respect and dignity of the mothers and sisters of UP will be destroyed. They will face consequences of the kind that will set an example to others. The government is committed to the safety and progress of your sisters and mothers. This is our commitment, this is our promise,” he tweeted in Hindi.
उत्तर प्रदेश में माताओं-बहनों के सम्मान-स्वाभिमान को क्षति पहुंचाने का विचार मात्र रखने वालों का समूल नाश सुनिश्चित है।
इन्हें ऐसा दंड मिलेगा जो भविष्य में उदाहरण प्रस्तुत करेगा।
आपकी @UPGovt प्रत्येक माता-बहन की सुरक्षा व विकास हेतु संकल्पबद्ध है।
यह हमारा संकल्प है-वचन है।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) October 2, 2020
UP CM Adityanath’s comments come amid protests against the UP government’s handling of the Hathras gang-rape case, with the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) demanding his resignation.
The body of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who was raped and murdered, allegedly by four upper-caste men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, was alleged ‘forcibly cremated’ by the Uttar Pradesh Police in the wee hours on Wednesday, 30 September.
Yogi Adityanath has formed a three-member SIT to probe into the alleged rape and has asked for a report in seven days. Hours after the cremation, protests broke out in the district, with people marching on the streets demanding justice for the victim.
