Upping the pressure on Bharatiya Janata Party government, Aam Aadmi Party leader and party’s UP incharge, Sanjay Singh presented jailed Khushi Dubey’s mother before newsmen in a press conference and demanded that Khushi and three other women and a minor child languishing in jail be set. The issue got support from Akhil Bhartiya Brahman Mahasabha (ABBM) which said the state government slapped Indian Penal Code sections on Khushi that were not even slapped on terrorists.
Khushi Dubey’s mother Gayatri Tiwari pleaded that her daughter be set free as she was innocent.
Khushi is wife of slain gangster Amar Dubey who married her three days before the Bikru ambush in which eight policemen, including Deputy Superintendent of Police Devendra Mishra, fell to bullets fired from rooftops shortly after midnight on July 3 last year when they were going to arrest dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey.
Singh said the AAP called Gayatri Tiwari at the party office so that her plea may reach Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. He said the government was showing its might on poor and helpless persons.
The AAP leader said the state government was least bothered about the suffering of people who lost their jobs in the COVID-19 pandemic or those who lost bread winners of their families. “The government was indulging in showbiz and no work is being done on the ground level,” he said.
Singh further said famous environmentalist Dr Sanjay Chaudhary had joined AAP after the party raised the issue of pollution of Ganga and Gomti rivers. He said Dr Chaudhary’s joining the AAP would strengthen the party.
ABBM president Rahul Tiwari said Khushi was a minor and was accused of running the gang. “She was married to Amar Dubey three days before the encounter. How can she run the gang? She has been named in 17 cases of crime including under the Explosive Acts. When the issue hogged media light, the police assured to set her free but they forgot the promise and she is still languishing in jail,” he said.
Senior AAP leaders including party’s state president Sabhajeet Singh, state spokesman Mahendra Singh and state president (women wing) Neelam Yadav were present at this occasion.