New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday questioned the “silence” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Residence Minister Amit Shah over the alleged sexual assault on an Military officer’s fiancée in police custody in Odisha and different incidents of crime in opposition to girls in BJP-ruled states.
The social gathering demanded quick dismissal of all of the police officers chargeable for the alleged brutality with the lady in Odisha, a judicial probe into the incident and the establishing of an Ex-Servicemen Fee on the sample of the SC/ST Fee.
Congress chief Ajoy Kumar stated that in Odisha, some males misbehaved with the daughter of an Military brigadier, who can be the fiancée of an Military captain, and when she went to a “mannequin police station” to get a criticism lodged, she and her fiancée have been brutally crushed up.
“Then a pretend case is made and the sufferer and her companion are taken into custody. On this case, an Military officer writes a letter to a excessive courtroom choose, saying ‘give us justice’.
“However Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are silent on this total matter,” Kumar stated at a joint press convention with the chairman of the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC’s) ex-servicemen division, Colonel (retired) Rohit Chaudhry.
In Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, Military officers and their feminine mates have been held hostage and crushed up and one of many two girls was raped, he alleged.
In Rajasthan, an Military jawan was brutally crushed up at a police station, Kumar claimed and went on to quote one other incident from Manipur, by which the spouse of an Military jawan was allegedly disrobed.
“In Manipur, an Military jawan was kidnapped after which killed. In Odisha, a tribal lady was gang-raped and her physique was discovered,” he stated.
“Many such incidents have occurred within the nation however not a single phrase has come out of the mouths of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah,” the Congress chief stated.
In Jharkhand, a lady chief of the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP), Seema Patra, brutally tortured a tribal lady working in her home, he alleged.
Kumar stated there are two units of ladies within the nation — those that stay in BJP-ruled states and others — and the leaders of the saffron social gathering solely elevate their voice for the latter class, whereas these below their rule should endure all types of brutalities.
“A while in the past, President Droupadi Murmu had stated ‘sufficient is sufficient’ within the wake of the Kolkata (rape and killing) incident. We are actually asking, how a lot is ‘sufficient is sufficient’? Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Indore — we ask Modiji, when will you write an editorial in one of many main nationwide dailies, saying ‘sufficient is sufficient’,” Kumar stated.
Chaudhry stated, “A brigadier’s daughter just isn’t protected in Odisha. She is mistreated, she goes to a police station to complain, and he or she is brutally crushed up there too. Such acts have been accomplished with the lady which are past description.”
Such is the state of affairs in BJP-ruled Odisha and that is the hooliganism of the saffron social gathering, he alleged.
A number of incidents much like the one in Odisha have been reported from totally different elements of the nation, Chaudhry claimed.
An Military soldier from Manipur, who gave a tricky time to Pakistan, couldn’t save his spouse, he stated.
“Regardless of all this, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are silent,” Chaudhry stated. He stated the Chief of Military Employees should attain out to the prime minister and inform him that “sufficient is sufficient” and all this was not acceptable.
Below the Military Act, no Military officer may be detained with none case and people chargeable for such acts may be terminated instantly, the Congress chief stated.
Chaudhry identified that the Military officer, accompanying his fiancee, who was allegedly brutalised contained in the police station in Odisha, had been unlawfully stored in custody for 14 hours.
Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress staged protests in Odisha on Saturday, demanding justice for the lady who was allegedly sexually assaulted at a police station in Bhubaneswar.
The alleged incident occurred on September 15, when an Military officer posted in West Bengal and his fiancee approached the Bharatpur police station to get a criticism of highway rage lodged. They have been additionally allegedly harassed by some native males.
Nevertheless, a verbal altercation occurred between the duo and a few policemen, following which the Military officer and his fiancee have been allegedly assaulted on the police station.
