Jaipur: Because the incident of a 21-year-old tribal lady being stripped and paraded in a Rajasthan village sparked outrage, police on Saturday mentioned they’ve arrested 10 folks, together with her husband, and detained a minor. A day after the video of the incident appeared on social media, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met the sufferer and her household in Dhariyawad in Pratapgarh. He introduced monetary help of Rs 10 lakh and a authorities job for the lady.
Gehlot mentioned the accused shall be tried in a fast-track courtroom and given the strictest punishment. “Such tragic and inhuman incidents ought to be condemned in a single voice by the ruling and opposition events,” he mentioned. The opposition BJP focused the Congress authorities, accusing it of failing to comprise crimes in opposition to ladies within the state.
Pratapgarh Superintendent of Police P Amit Kumar Budaniya mentioned they’ve arrested 10 folks, together with the lady’s husband, and detained a minor in reference to the incident that occurred on Thursday. Preliminary investigation revealed that the lady was in a relationship with one other man and was staying with him, in response to Dhariyawad SHO Peshawar Khan. The police mentioned the in-laws of the lady kidnapped her and took her to their village.
DGP Mishra mentioned a Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT) has been shaped beneath the supervision of IG, Banswara Vary, and SP Pratapgarh will examine all facets of the incident and submit the report back to the state authorities and police headquarters. BJP chief JP Nadda mentioned the video from Pratapgarh is stunning and alleged that ”governance in Rajasthan is completely absent”.
“The CM and ministers are busy settling factional squabbles, and the remaining time is spent appeasing one dynasty in Delhi. It is no marvel the problem of ladies’s security is being fully ignored within the state,” he posted on X.
Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje alleged that the video of a pregnant lady being stripped in entrance of individuals was doing rounds on social media and had put Rajasthan to disgrace, however the administration was not conscious of the incident.
Nonetheless, Gehlot claimed that he had acted promptly after the incident got here to his discover and in contrast it to the Centre’s response after two ladies have been stripped and paraded in Manipur. “The ruling social gathering and the opposition ought to condemn such crimes in a single voice in order that the message goes within the society that there isn’t a politics on such incidents,” the chief minister mentioned.
In a put up in Hindi on X, Congress common sect Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mentioned it is extremely essential to take immediate and strict motion in incidents of crimes in opposition to ladies and punish the criminals. “The Rajasthan authorities has taken immediate motion to arrest the criminals and introduced to get them punished after trial in a fast-track courtroom,” she mentioned.
In an announcement, DGP Umesh Mishra mentioned the sufferer lodged a criticism in opposition to her husband and others for forcibly taking her on a motorbike and parading her bare. The police additionally mentioned that three of the accused have been injured whereas attempting to flee and are being handled at Pratapgarh District Hospital.
The Rajasthan State Human Rights Fee directed the Pratapgarh District Superintendent of Police to offer speedy monetary help to the sufferer and examine the matter totally. “After conducting an intensive investigation within the matter, submit the whole paperwork together with the investigation report back to a senior officer for perusal of the Fee by September 14,” the rights physique mentioned.
