After Badaun was rocked by the rape of a minor girl by two policemen, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said very soon a ‘Rape Crisis Centre’ would be opened in Badaun, the first in Uttar Pradesh.
“Badaun would have a rape crisis centre to deal with the incidents of rapes and help the victims,” she said while reacting to the rape of the 14-year-old girl. She said that Badaun is a rape-prone area and hence there is an immediate need for setting up of a rape crisis center which would be opened in a couple of months. “The victim needs counseling because she is traumatised. She needs care. The family of the victim also needs counseling and for this we need a centre,” Menaka said.
“This incident speaks volumes about the law and order situation in the State. If policemen take the law in their hands who will protect the peopleIJ The UP Government should take strict action against these guilty people,” she said. Menaka Gandhi had represented the area which falls under Aonla parliamentary seat during her last term as an MP. Now, she has shifted to the Pilibhit lok Sabha seat.
Badaun earned a bad name when last year two cousin sisters were raped and murdered in Katra Village. But the CBI probe claimed the girls had committed suicide.