Mandsaur: BJP legislator Sudarshan Gupta apologises over SHAMEFUL statement

Apology comes after BJP legislator from MP asked the parents of minor rape victim to express gratitude to the local MP for visiting them. Gupta was caught on camera in Indore’s MY hospital, asking the victim’s kin to thank his party MP Sudhir Gupta for visiting them at hospital to enquire about the minor girl’s condition.

Mandsaur, MP: Hours after sparking outrage over his shameful statement, Bharatiya Janta Party leader Sudarshan Gupta on Saturday sought an apology from the seven-year-old rape victim’s family. Apology comes after BJP legislator from MP asked the parents of minor rape victim to express gratitude to the local MP for visiting them. Gupta was caught on camera in Indore’s MY hospital, asking the victim’s kin to thank his party MP Sudhir Gupta for visiting them at hospital to enquire about the minor girl’s condition. "Say thank you to the MP (Sudhir Gupta). He has travelled only to meet you (Sansad ji ko dhanyavad boliye, special aapke liye aaye hain)," the legislator said. Immediately, the parents of the victim were seen nodding and folding their hands before Sudhir. A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man who abducted her from outside her school in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur on Tuesday. As per reports, she was waiting for her father outside her school in Hafiz Colony when accused named Imran alias Bhaiyyu abducted on her way home from school on the pretext of getting sweets for the kid. The rapist attempted to slash the throat of the victim after raping her. The Madhya Pradesh Police on Friday arrested one more person in connection with the alleged abduction and sexual assault of the girl. Asif (24) was held from Madarpura locality of the city, after Irfan alias Bhaiyu (20), arrested on Wednesday night, named him as his accomplice in the heinous crime, as per the report.