Blaming local administration for protecting the criminals the BJP legislature party leader Hukum Singh has demanded a judicial probe into the Shamli rape incident.
Singh, who met the UP governor B l Joshi, to press his demand for judicial probe this evening, alleged that the Superintendent of Police (SP) Abdul Hamid forced that victim who was raped by seven people to withdraw the case. Addressing a press conference here on ThursdaySingh narrated the incident in detail and said that the Shamli authorities were saving the accused youths, who are of different community.
“The SP acted in a biased manner. I was barred from entering Shamli for opposing the rape and the act of the authorities even as the district promulgated Section 144 after my arrest,” he said. Singh said that the party would also raise the issued in the state assembly. On June 17 last, the BJP leaders who were sitting on dharna against the rape were caned and police arrested the leaders.