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IIT-BHU rape: Mahua Moitra's ‘thok dijiye’ jibe at Yogi Adityanath over accused's photos
Two months after a woman student was allegedly gang-raped inside the IIT-BHU campus in UP, police on Sunday arrested three men.
Mahua Moitra of the Trinamool Congress took a swipe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath over the alleged involvement of local Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in the gang-rape of an IIT-BHU student, asking how much time will it take to run a bulldozer on their properties.
“Wonder Ajay Bisht aka @myogiadityanath was doing since Nov 2nd when his BJP Troll Sena aka IT cell vaanars gang -raped a woman. Thok dijiye, Sir. Is Baar Bulldozer Chalaane Mein Itni Der Kyon?” the expelled TMC MP wrote on X (formally Twitter) while sharing pictures of the accused with Yogi Adityanath.
Yogi Adityanath, after taking over as the chief minister in 2017, had said in an interview: “Agar aparadh karenge, toh thok diye jayenge (if anyone commits a crime, he will be shot dead).” His ‘thok do’ policy has led to a number of ‘encounters’ of alleged criminals in the state in the last three years.
Two months after a woman student was allegedly gang-raped inside the IIT-BHU campus in Uttar Pradesh, police on Sunday arrested three men, while opposition parties alleged that they were BJP functionaries. The three accused claimed themselves to be the BJP's IT cell members on their Facebook page.
On Monday, the Congress also took a dig at the BJP, saying the ruling party works exactly opposite of its slogan 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'.
Addressing a press conference at Congress headquarters in Delhi, Mahila Congress chief Netta D'Souza said the truth is that it has become "Balatkaari (rapist) Janata Party" for women.
Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh Dolly Sharma at the press conference also hit out at the BJP.
"Home minister Amit Shah used to state that even if you search with binoculars in Uttar Pradesh, criminals will not be found. There is no need for binoculars, because you have the culprits sitting next to you," news agency PTI quoted Sharma as saying.
Sharma said bulldozers were not seen going to the houses of these criminals in Uttar Pradesh. Opposition parties have targeted Yogi Adityanath government over the law and order situation in the state and alleged that those arrested in the case have links with the ruling BJP.
IIT-BHU rape case: What we know so far
- SHO of Lanka police station Shivakant Mishra said the accused have been identified as Kunal Pandey, Anand alias Abhishek Chauhan and Saksham Patel.
- The alleged incident of rape occurred on the night of November 1.
- According to the complainant, she had gone out of her hostel with a friend when three men on a motorcycle forcibly took her to a corner and gagged her after separating her from her friend near the Karman Baba temple.
- The accused then allegedly stripped the woman, made a video of her and took photos. They let her go after about 15 minutes and took her phone number, the complainant stated.
- On the basis of the victim's complaint, an FIR has been registered under section 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the IPC and under provisions of the Information Technology Act at the Lanka police station.
- Subsequently, a section of gangrape was also added to the case, police said.
