Uttar Pradesh: It is not her fault in the rape, I will marry her; Kasganj rape victim’s fiance said- BJP leader was scratching her, I stood there helpless

‘I and Priya (fictitious name) were eating food sitting under a tree that day. Suddenly 7 people came banging sticks. They started claiming to be policemen. They started threatening us. They said, you are spreading obscenity. When we started leaving, they stopped us. They said- wait, Diwan sahab is coming, he will decide.

They were calling the BJP leader Diwan. After his arrival, 5 people dragged Priya into the bushes. 3 people stood with me. These people brutally raped Priya. I could hear her screams, but I was unable to do anything. She was just 20 meters away from me. They also had a gun. I was angry with myself. Whatever happened to her, it is not her fault. I will marry her. I will also fulfill her dream of becoming an IAS.’

On April 10, a girl was gang-raped in front of her fiancé in Kasganj. These things have been said by her fiancé. Police has arrested 8 accused in the case so far. 2 are being searched. Police has got DNA test done of all the accused. Among them is a BJP leader, whose name is Akhilesh Pratap Singh alias APS alias Gabbar.

Dainik Bhaskar’s team reached the village of the fiancée located in Soro police station area, 8 km away from the headquarters. Talked to him. The accused had also beaten up the fiancée. The girl’s village falls in Kasganj police station area. The distance between the two villages is 16 km.

The entire story of 10 April in the words of the fiancée…

Priya’s aunt called me and invited me home. The fiancé told- Priya’s mother is not there. Father drinks a lot. Priya has no sister or brother. She lives with her aunt. On the morning of April 10, Priya’s aunt called me and invited me home. She said, I have to get my ration card made. You take Priya along and get the work done. I reached Priya’s house at around 10:30. At 11, both of us left the house on the bike.

It was very sunny, so we sat under a tree. The district supply office is 6-7 kilometers away from our house. We reached there in 15 minutes. It took us about 1 hour there. After leaving from there, we stopped near a canal. It was very sunny, so we sat under a tree for a while. We drank water there. After that Priya said that she was hungry. We bought biryani and cold drink from a shop a little far away.

7 people came to us, all of them had sticks in their hands. We sat near the canal and ate biryani and drank cold drinks. Then we started talking. It must have been 20-25 minutes when 7 people came to us. All of them had sticks in their hands. They started misbehaving with us, started abusing us. I said that brother, the girl is with me, don’t talk like this. Hearing this, they got more angry.

While abusing, they said, he himself is roaming around with a girl, giving us advice. Sitting here in the open, spreading obscenity. What is he doing sitting here alone? I told them that we are engaged. We had come for work. We had sat here to eat something, now we are leaving. On this, those people said, where are you going, wait, the Diwan Sahib is coming. He will decide about you people. We are all policemen. Hearing them, we stopped.

The BJP leader said, give us whatever you have. After some time, the same BJP leader Gabbar came on an Apache. There were 2 more people with him. He spoke a lot of nonsense to both of us. Said, give us whatever you have. He took 5 thousand rupees from me. He snatched the gold jewellery that Priya was wearing. When I asked for 5 thousand more, my friend ordered it from UPI and gave it to me. I said, since when do the policemen start looting, then they started beating me.

When I stopped them, they put a gun on my head. We thought that after looting, they would let us go, but they had something else in mind. Those people slowly talked about something. After that they started taking Priya somewhere. When I stopped them, they put a gun on my head. They dragged Priya into the bushes, made me sit on the bank of the canal. There were 5 people with Priya. 5 people with me stayed outside. That BJP leader stayed with me.

Those people were raping Priya in the bushes. She was screaming, so they were beating her. I was unable to do anything. After about half an hour, those people came out. Priya was lying there in the bushes. They threatened me and went away. I ran to Priya. I gave her water to drink. She was very scared. She was asking to die. I took her to her house. There she was crying a lot.

A day later, the BJP leader came to our house. The fiancé told- We decided to suppress this matter, because if we complain, we will be defamed. But just a day later, BJP leader Gabbar came near Priya’s house. Priya was going to the market for some work. Gabbar started threatening her by staring at her. After this, we decided to complain. Otherwise, these people will keep harassing us like this.

But then we did not know that Gabbar is a big BJP leader of the district. This came to light in the police investigation. Now we are also scared of this. He may get his people to harass us. Police should protect us.

The police kept me roaming around for 12 hours. After the incident, the police kept me roaming around for 12 hours. I was not even allowed to meet Priya. I and my family are afraid that the accused may trouble us after being released from jail. The police should encounter all of them. Only then will we be able to live in peace.

Met Priya 1 year ago. The fiancé said- Priya and I met on Insta 1 year ago. We talked, met and then had an affair. Priya is a very nice girl. My family also liked her. That’s when we decided to get married. But, right now both of us are minors.

I am 17 and a half years old. She is 16 years old. We have got engaged. We will get married as soon as we become adults. Priya has studied till Inter. I have done B.Sc. Priya always talks about becoming an IAS. She is also preparing. I will marry her only. I will help her in becoming an IAS.

Ajay Rai said- Yogi has completely failed

UP Congress President Ajay Rai met the family of the gangrape victim. He said that there is jungle raj in Uttar Pradesh. The government talks of zero tolerance, but the criminals are fearless. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has completely failed. The police and the government have failed to stop crimes.

Citing the example of Kashi, he said that a girl was raped by 23 people there. PM Modi had to instruct the officials at the airport to take action. This situation shows that the position of the state government is weak.

Referring to the Kasganj incident, he said that a BJP leader raped a girl here. Congress leaders are being prevented from going to the village. Rai said that jungle law is prevailing in the state. He promised to get justice to the victim’s family. He also said that Congress is fighting the people’s battle in Uttar Pradesh.