Jaipur: Congress president Rahul Gandhi met Thursday the Dalit woman who was allegedly gangraped in front of her husband in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, party sources said.
Rahul was accompanied by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Deputy CM Sachin Pilot and Congress national general secretary Avinash Pandey, they said. He was earlier scheduled to arrive here Wednesday.
After meeting the victim, Rahul while talking to the media at Alwar, said ‘justice will be done’. “The family talked about nyay (justice). Justice will be done. Action will be taken against perpetrator,” asserted Rahul.
Ghelot who was also present at the press conference told the reporters that ‘maximum punishment to the accused will be ensured’.
It should be stated here that the Congress government in Rajasthan has attracted a lot of flak for the way it handled the incident. BSP chief, Mayawati had earlier alleged that the victim’s family had also been threatened to keep mum about the incident.
Six miscreants accosted the woman and her husband April 26 on the Thanagazi-Alwar bypass and took them to an isolated place, where they allegedly raped her in front of him.
An FIR was lodged May 2 and the accused circulated a video clip of the crime, May 4. Subsequently, five accused, who allegedly raped the woman, and the one who shot and circulated the video clip, have been arrested.
The incident triggered widespread protests in Alwar, Jaipur, Dausa and nearby areas. A protest march led by BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Kirori Lal Meena had turned violent Tuesday in Dausa, leaving over half a dozen people injured.
PTI