Alwar: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met the Alwar gang-rape victim, and promised her and the family of justice.
Speaking to the media after the meeting in Thanagaazi, Gandhi said that this was an emotional issue for him and not a political one.
“The victim will definitely get justice. Strict action will be taken against the accused. I have come here to meet the family and not to play any kind of politics. I will take action on whatever I have said here,” he said.
“We can’t tolerate such things. As soon as I heard about the case, I called (Chief Minister Ashok) Gehlot. We want to give a strong message not only to the people of Rajasthan but to the entire nation so that such heinous incidents are not repeated anywhere.”
Gandhi was accompanied by Gehlot, Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, party state in-charge Avinash Pandey and Alwar Congress candidate, Jitendra Bhanwar Singh.
Gandhi was slated to visit Alwar on Wednesday but the trip was cancelled due to bad weather.
Before Gandhi’s visit, the family said that they would raise a demand for a job for the couple so that the victim and her husband can be sent to a place where no one identifies them.
It can be recalled that on April 26, the woman and her husband were waylaid and at the Thanagazi-Alwar bypass and taken to a remote area where the woman was allegedly gang-raped in front of her husband. A video of the incident was also shot and circulated.
Later, six people, including the person who shot the video, were arrested by the police.
Following the incident, there were widespread protests in Alwar, Jaipur, Dausa and the nearby areas and was even dragged into the political discourse. A protest march led by BJP MP Kirori Lal Meena, turned violent in Dausa on Tuesday, wherein over half a dozen people injured.
With inputs from IANS
