Mayawati backs Yogi govt’s bulldozer motion in Ayodhya rape case; hits out at Akhilesh for DNA check demand | India Information

NEW DELHI: After the arrest of a Samajwadi Occasion functionary over the alleged rape of a minor in UP’s Ayodhya, BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday mentioned that the Uttar Pradesh authorities’s strict motion in opposition to the accused within the Ayodhya gangrape case is justified. The BSP chief additionally questioned the Samajwadi Occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav’s comment on DNA testing, asking what number of such exams had been carried out throughout their governance.
Moid Khan, a bakery proprietor and SP functionary, alongside along with his worker Raju Khan, had been arrested by Ayodhya Police on Thursday for the alleged rape of a 12-year-old lady who labored for them as a day by day wage laborer. The abuse reportedly continued for greater than two months, ensuing within the younger sufferer turning into pregnant.
“The strict motion being taken by the UP authorities in opposition to the accused within the Ayodhya gangrape case is justified, however what must be understood by SP saying that the DNA check of the accused must be accomplished. Whereas SP must also inform what number of DNA exams have been accomplished in opposition to such accused of their authorities,” the BSP chief mentioned in a put up on X.
She urged the federal government to take strict measures to forestall such incidents, transcending caste, group, and political biases.
“Additionally, amidst the rising issues about crime management and legislation and order in UP, particularly about ladies’s security and harassment, the incidents in Ayodhya and Lucknow and so forth. are extraordinarily unhappy and worrying. It will be higher if the federal government takes strict steps to forestall these by rising above caste, group and politics,” she mentioned.

If the DNA exams show the accusations false … : Akhilesh Yadav
Earlier, Samajwadi Occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav mentioned that these discovered responsible must be punished in line with the legislation, but when the DNA exams show the accusations false, then the federal government officers concerned must also be held accountable. He emphasised that it is a demand for justice.
“Within the case of misdeeds, the way in which for justice must be discovered by getting DNA exams accomplished of those that are accused, and never by merely making allegations and doing politics,” he mentioned in a put up on X.

Accused’s bakery demolished in Ayodhya
In Ayodhya, officers demolished the bakery owned by Moid Khan. The district Justice of the Peace, Chandra Vijay Singh, confirmed the motion taken in opposition to the accused’s property.
In response to Singh, the bakery consisted of two rooms, one massive and one small, and was constructed illegally over a pond. The authorities took the choice to raze the construction resulting from its unauthorised standing.
On Friday, hours after UP CM Yogi Adityanath met the sufferer’s household, the UP authorities, as per an official press launch, suspended two cops: Ratan Sharma, the Station Home Officer (SHO) of Purakalandar police station, and Akhilesh Gupta, the in-charge of Bhadarsha outpost.