New Delhi: Taking note of the claims of a gangrape survivor from Mewat that her attackers asked her if she ate beef, the NCW Chairperson today said the panel has written to the authorities seeking an action taken report even as she refrained from commenting on cow vigilantism.
"We had conducted an inquiry when the gangrape incident happened a few weeks ago. At that time, we got a different version. Now they seem to have changed their version totally. "...an FIR has been registered and a probe is on so we can't interfere. We have written to the police and the District Magistrate and sought an action taken report," NCW Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said.
Ms Kumaramangalam clarified that NCW's action is not connected to cow vigilantism. "Cow vigilantism has nothing to do with us. Perpetrators have to be brought to book regardless of cow vigilantism... Cow vigilantism is not part of our work. We are not a political outfit. We should make an effort to give survivors justice," she said.
On Congress activist Shehzad Poonawalla's complaint to her on the matter seeking "directions to the central government to enforce a ban on cow vigilantes", the NCW chief said, "He is unnecessarily politicising the issue."
The 20-year-old woman and her 14-year-old cousin were sexually assaulted by several men in their home in Mewat on August 24. Their uncle and aunt were tied up and then beaten to death.
"We had conducted an inquiry when the gangrape incident happened a few weeks ago. At that time, we got a different version. Now they seem to have changed their version totally. "...an FIR has been registered and a probe is on so we can't interfere. We have written to the police and the District Magistrate and sought an action taken report," NCW Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said.
Ms Kumaramangalam clarified that NCW's action is not connected to cow vigilantism. "Cow vigilantism has nothing to do with us. Perpetrators have to be brought to book regardless of cow vigilantism... Cow vigilantism is not part of our work. We are not a political outfit. We should make an effort to give survivors justice," she said.
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On Congress activist Shehzad Poonawalla's complaint to her on the matter seeking "directions to the central government to enforce a ban on cow vigilantes", the NCW chief said, "He is unnecessarily politicising the issue."
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The 20-year-old woman and her 14-year-old cousin were sexually assaulted by several men in their home in Mewat on August 24. Their uncle and aunt were tied up and then beaten to death.
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