Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday, 2 October took to Twitter to condemn 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.
Asha Devi, mother of December 16 gang rape victim, on Tuesday, expressed her outrage at the death of a gang rape victim who died at Safdarjung Hospital. The woman was assaulted by four men in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh and had been brought to Delhi for treatment.
Expressing solidarity with the family of the victim, Asha Devi said, “I just want to tell the mother of the victim that she is not alone and I and many mothers like me are standing with her in her fight for justice for her daughter. I can understand what she is going through because I was in her position eight years ago.”
She said that little has changed ever since her daughter was gang-raped in a moving bus eight years ago. “It is upsetting that even after years of fighting for the cause of women’s safety nothing has changed, some other Nirbhaya’s mother is now fighting. Governments change but the situation remains the same.”
She also questioned the action taken by the investigating agencies and said that this incident would have become another statistic if the woman had not lost her life and the “incident had not hit headlines”.
“How many daughters will have to die before some action is taken?” she asked.
Hundreds of protesters gathered at Gate number 5 of Safdarjung hospital, close to the emergency wing, soon after the 19-year-old victim was declared dead. By evening the crowd had swelled to at least 300 people, which included members of the Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress and the Bheem Army.
However, no one was arrested or detained from outside the hospital and no medical services were obstructed by the gatherers as the protest remained peaceful, said senior police officers.
Source: Quint
