'Matter Of Great Shame': Mayawati Slams Ashok Gehlot-Led Rajasthan Govt Over Karauli Murder

The body of the victim girl, a resident of the Todabhim area of Karauli, was found in a well on Thursday.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati ( Image Source :PTI )

The Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday slammed the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan over the murder of a 18-year-old Dalit girl in Karauli district in the state and demanded strict action against those responsible. The body of the victim girl, a resident of the Todabhim area of Karauli, was found in a well on Thursday. She was allegedly abducted and later found dead with a gunshot wound and acid burns.

In a tweet in Hindi, the BSP supremo said, "The case of Dalit harassment/murder in Rajasthan is upsetting and a matter of great shame for the state government there. No amount of condemnation is enough for the well-planned casteist incident of abducting and killing a Dalit girl and throwing her body burnt with acid into a well in Karauli district."

"Although the safety and respect of the poor, downtrodden, Dalits, tribals and the most backward classes cannot be expected from governments of the Congress or other parties like the BJP, yet we demand that government ensure strict action against the culprits," she added.

1. राजस्थान में भी दलित उत्पीड़न/हत्या का मामला अति-दुःखद तथा वहाँ की राज्य सरकार के लिए अति-शर्म की बात। करौली ज़िले में दलित बच्ची की घर से सोते हुए अपहरण व हत्या करके एसिड से जली उसकी लाश को कुएं में फेंकने की सुनियोजित जातिवादी घटना की जितनी भी निन्दा की जाए वह कम। (1/2)

— Mayawati (@Mayawati) July 15, 2023

Meanwhile, the Police in Rajasthan's Karauli have arrested the main accused in the murder, a senior official said on Saturday, as reported by PTI. According to the post-mortem report, the cause of death was a gunshot wound. Superintendent of Police, Karauli, Mamta Gupta said the main accused in the murder of the Dalit woman has been arrested and is being interrogated. She said the woman's family members are refusing to accept the body, as reported by PTI.

Earlier on Friday, Gupta had said that officials are in talks with the woman's family regarding compensation and other demands. Meanwhile, BJP national general secretary and Rajasthan in-charge Arun Singh met the woman's family members in Karauli and targeted the Congress government over the law and order situation in the state.

Congress MLA from Todabhim P R Meena reached the hospital in Karauli where the woman's body has been kept and met BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena, who is sitting on a dharna with the woman's family members. The woman's family members are demanding strict action against the culprits and compensation. 

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