The homicide of a 14-year-old lady and the gang rape of a minor in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur and Sri Sathya Sai districts, respectively, has put the Telugu Desam Celebration (TDP)-led NDA authorities within the state on the again foot, with the Opposition Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Celebration (YSRCP) accusing it of failing to make sure ladies’s security.
Dealing with criticism, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held a assessment assembly at his residence late Tuesday and directed police officers to finish the investigation into each instances and guarantee justice for the victims and their households.
Within the first incident, on June 3, a 14-year-old lady stepped out of her residence in Anantapur to purchase a mushy drink however didn’t return residence. Two days later, her half-burnt physique was discovered behind a college. On June 10, the police stated they’d cracked the case by arresting a tile employee who stayed close to the home of the deceased lady and was allegedly in a relationship together with her.
P Jagadeesh, Superintendent of Police (SP), Anantapur, stated that Ok Naresh, 27, the accused arrested within the case, was married however was concerned with the minor lady. Based on a police official, on the night of June 3, Naresh and the lady allegedly fought after he refused to depart his spouse. “He took her on his bike, saying they might type the difficulty out, however as an alternative, he took her to a lonely place and hit her with a rock, killing her. He then set the physique on hearth,” a police official stated.
The incident sparked widespread protests in Anantapur city and SP Jagadeesh suspended Rajendranath Yadav, Circle Inspector, Anantapur One City police station, for not taking the lacking criticism severely and never appearing promptly.
Within the second incident in Sri Sathya Sai district, at the least six folks allegedly sexually assaulted a minor lady, repeatedly for at the least three months, and filmed the act, threatening her to not disclose it. The gang rape got here to mild when the lady turned pregnant and her mother and father lodged a police criticism. The police booked the six accused underneath numerous sections of related Acts, together with the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences Act, and are on the lookout for three others allegedly concerned within the incident.
At the same time as Naidu expressed deep anguish over the incidents and directed officers that the accused have to be punished directly, the YSRCP attacked the federal government, saying the coalition authorities is failing to guard ladies, and demanded accountability.
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Varudu Kalyani, YSRCP MLC and ladies’s wing president, condemned the state authorities for its failure to make sure ladies’s security and accused it of enabling a surge in rapes and murders resulting from negligence and complicity.
“Underneath TDP’s rule, ladies dwell in worry. The federal government’s inaction has turned protectors into predators,” she stated. The YSRCP is planning to carry protests statewide to focus on the difficulty of the shortage of girls’s security. “Mere suspension of police officers for the rapes and homicide shouldn’t be sufficient. That is nothing wanting a state-sponsored homicide. CM Naidu, Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan, and Dwelling Minister Anitha Vangalapudi are shirking ethical duty. They need to resign,” she stated.
The YSRCP is blaming the rise in atrocities towards ladies on unchecked liquor and drug proliferation underneath the TDP’s governance. “The TDP-led authorities is enabling “door-delivery” of intoxicants, fuelling crimes towards ladies,” YSRCP chief R Ok Roja stated. “TDP leaders are immediately accountable for these heinous acts,” she stated, urging rapid motion to curb substance abuse and guarantee justice.
Botsa Satyanarayana, Chief of Opposition within the Legislative Council, stated that the occasion will intensify its struggle for girls’s security, saying, “We is not going to relaxation till justice is served and ladies are protected.”
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In his assembly with prime officers, together with Chief Secretary Ok Vijayanand, DGP Harish Kumar Gupta, Intelligence Chief Mahesh Chandra Laddha, Naidu addressed considerations about substance abuse and stated that potential offenders ought to pay attention to the swift and strict motion taken by legislation enforcement.
Naidu additionally underscored the necessity to ship a robust message that whether or not against the law is dedicated in a match of rage, underneath the affect of medicine, or in a deliberate method, punishment is inevitable. He issued strict directions to crack down on ganja gangs and acknowledged that the police are being given full freedom to behave. “A 100 per cent seen change have to be achieved,” he asserted.