The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has taken major action in the case of gangrape of a minor girl of OBC community by Moid Khan, a close aide of Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad of Ayodhya. Purakalandar police station in-charge Ratanlal Sharma and Bhadarsa outpost in-charge Akhilesh Gupta of the city have been suspended from their posts. Both had hesitated in registering a rape case against Moid Khan. Apart from this, orders have also been given to investigate the properties of the main accused Moid Khan.
In fact, the mother and father of the gangrape victim met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today on Friday (2nd August 2024). After this, the state government has taken this action. The Yogi government has also ordered an inquiry into the properties of Samajwadi Party leader and main accused of gangrape, Moid Khan. Following that, the Revenue Department has started measuring the main accused’s land.
After meeting the victim’s family, CM Yogi wrote on social media site X, “Today in Lucknow, I met the family members of the victim girl of Ayodhya along with Honorable MLA Dr. Amit Singh Chauhan ji of Bikapur assembly constituency of district Ayodhya. The culprits will not be spared at any cost, strict action will be taken against them. We are committed to ensure justice for the girl at all costs.”
आज लखनऊ में जनपद अयोध्या के बीकापुर विधान सभा क्षेत्र के मा. विधायक डॉ. अमित सिंह चौहान जी के साथ आए अयोध्या की पीड़ित बच्ची के परिजनों से भेंट की।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) August 2, 2024
दोषियों को किसी भी कीमत पर बख्शा नहीं जाएगा, उन पर कठोरतम कार्रवाई होगी।
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It is being said that Moid Khan has illegally occupied ponds and government lands. Not only this, Moid Khan is also accused of occupying the lands of many Dalit families. Bajrang Dal has said in a letter written to the District Magistrate that Moid’s bakery in Bhadarsa Bhahar is also built on the land of a Dalit person Janaki Prasad, whose plot numbers are 1675 and 1676.
Bajrang Dal has demanded a high-level investigation into the property and activities of Moid Khan and police station in-charge Ratanlal Sharma. The Hindu organisation says that when the victim’s family tried to lodge a complaint of rape, the police refused. They have said that Moid Khan is being protected by Purakalandar police station in-charge Ratanlal Sharma.
Not only this, Bajrang Dal has also accused Ratanlal Sharma of protecting criminals conducting anti-Hindu activities. It was only after the intervention of Hindu organisations that the police station in-charge Sharma registered a case against Moid Khan.
CM Yogi, while referring to this incident in the House on Thursday (August 1, 2024), had said, “These criminals are the leprosy of the society, and until this leprosy is removed, it will be difficult to improve the situation of Uttar Pradesh.” Responding to the members of the opposition party Samajwadi Party, CM Yogi said, “Will you garland such criminals?”
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, “This is a case of Ayodhya. Its culprit Moid Khan is a leader of the Samajwadi Party. He is a member of the team of the MP of Ayodhya. He has been found involved in the act of raping a 12-year-old minor girl. Till now, the Samajwadi Party has not taken any action against him. Now should no one even mention the Samajwadi Party?”
Regarding Moid Khan, CM Yogi said, “You are a team member. You have to sit with the MP, eat with him, walk with him. This is a matter related to a girl from a very backward caste. He is involved in such a despicable act, yet the Samajwadi Party takes it lightly.”
