The opposition — Congress and Indian National lok Dal — on Sunday alleged there is a complete breakdown of law order in Haryana and called for strict action against Rohtak gangrape perpetrators.
Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda alleged that the BJP Government has failed to put a check on the rising crime graph. Hooda also demanded exemplary punishment for the culprits in the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman from Sonipat and said such incidents, wherever those happen, shame the humanity.
“Humans can’t do such a disgusting act. The perpetrators should be given strict punishment. I am beside this family. I express my sympathy to the family. There is nothing called law and order in Haryana and there is nothing called governance here,” Hooda said while talking to the mediapersons.
He said the shocking incident was a grim reminder of how the law-and-order situation in the State has deteriorated under the Manohar lal Khattar-led Government.
The horrifying crime, which occurred just days after the Supreme Court held that the culprits in the Nirbhaya gang rape case will hang, prompted Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to assert that the issue of women’s safety needs to be revisited.
The incident took place barely a month after the State Government, launched a special drive called Operation Durga to stop incidents of eve-teasing and harassment of women.
Informing that the gang rape victim was the sole breadwinner of her family, Hooda said, “She worked in a factory, her brother is not working, while father is a labourer. The Government should give adequate compensation to them.”
The State Congress also held a protest march in Chandigarh against the State Government and submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister demanding strict action against the accused.
On the other hand, leader of Opposition in Haryana Assembly and Indian National lok Dal’s senior leader, Abhay Chautala said the State Government had failed to keep a check on crime against women. Strict action should be taken against Rohtak gangrape perpetrators, he said.
In a chilling reminder of the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, a 23-year-old woman was kidnapped, gangraped and killed in the northern Indian State of Haryana. The horrific incident took place in the State’s Rohtak district, barely 70 km away from the national capital, last Tuesday, but it came to light only Saturday when her body was found lying in a vacant plot, with her skull in pieces and parts bitten off stray animals.
The post-mortem report of the gangrape victim has stated that the cause of her death was due to head injury as blunt force injuries and multiple wounds were found on her skull and scalp. The victim’s family have alleged that the accused had been pressurising the victim for marriage for the past one year
National Commission for Women (NCW) chief lalitha Kumaramangalam has taken suo moto notice in the gruesome case and said that first she will be sending a team to Sonipat, following which she will visit herself. NCW member Rekha Sharma, who visited the grieving family of the victim condemned the brutality and urged for death sentence for the accused.
“We have formed an inquiry committee; I have come here to pressure on police to expedite the process. We will also see how they frame charges and will see that the filing of the case is done properly,” she added