‘SP leaders offered money to withdraw complaint’: Ayodhya rape survivor's mother
Bahujan Samaj Party state president Vishwanath Pal had also alleged that the Ayodhya gangrape survivor's mother was being forced to ‘compromise in the case’
The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly gangraped in Ayodhya, has accused local Samajwadi Party leaders of offering her money and forcing her to withdraw complaint against Moid Khan, a party office-bearer.
According to an India Today report, the mother has alleged that one Mohammed Rashid, SP's Bhadarsa Nagar Panchayat chairperson, offered her money and asked her to “settle the case”.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) state president Vishwanath Pal had also alleged that the survivor's mother was being forced to ‘compromise in the case’.
Pal told PTI,"A delegation of the BSP met the family of the girl in her village on Saturday. The mother of the girl told the delegation that some people were asking her to make a compromise in the case. We assured her that justice will be done and she should not come under pressure or threat of anyone."
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The mother alleged that SP member Moid Khan was behind the rape of her daughter. The Uttar Pradesh Police on July 30 arrested bakery owner Moid Khan and his employee Raju Khan from Purakalandar area of Ayodhya district.
According to police, the pair had raped the girl two months ago and also recorded the act. The incident came to light when the girl was found to be pregnant in a medical checkup.
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On Saturday, the Ayodhya district administration razed Khan's bakery. "The bakery of Moid Khan has been demolished," Ayodhya's District Magistrate Chandra Vijay Singh told PTI.
"The bakery had one big room and one small room. It was illegally built over a pond, and has been demolished," Singh added.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath while speaking in the assembly on Thursday said that Khan belongs to the SP.
"Moid Khan is from the Samajwadi Party and a member of the Ayodhya MP's team. He has been found involved in a case of rape of a 12-year-old. The Samajwadi Party has not taken action against him," Adityanath had said.