Law and order in UP worsening, Yogi govt has failed to control crime: BSP
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 16 (ANI): Reacting to the gangrape of a 13-year-old girl in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria on Sunday said that the law and order situation in the state is worsening and claimed that state government has been unable to contain crime.
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Aug 16, 2020 10:46 IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 16 (ANI): Reacting to the gangrape of a 13-year-old girl in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria on Sunday said that the law and order situation in the state is worsening and claimed that state government has been unable to contain crime.
Bhadoria added the public is upset and wants such incidents to stop. "See, from some time, the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has been worsening. Rape incidents, murders of Dalits, law and order have become a question in the state. The public is upset and wants such incidents to stop," he said.
"BSP chief Mayawati is repeatedly raising the issue of deteriorating law and order as it is felt that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been unable to contain crime in the state," he told ANI.
Earlier, the police stated that the National Security Act (NSA) will be invoked against two men accused of the gangrape of the 13-year-old girl.
The girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Isanagar in Lakhimpur Kheri on Friday. Later, the police recovered her body from a sugarcane field in Isanagar.
Satyendra Kumar, Superintendent of Police (SP), Lakhimpur Kheri said two men have been booked under offences of murder and gangrape, adding that action will also be taken against them under the NSA. (ANI)
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