“The BJP should answer over this”: Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on the Farrukhabad incident

Farrukhabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 30 (ANI): Congress MP Pramod Tiwari criticised the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government on Friday over the Farrukhabad incident where two teenage girls were found hanging on a tree at Bhagautipur village.

“The BJP should answer over this (Farrukhabad incident). They talked about the Bengal incident, and now they should answer about this also…Rapes and murders are happening everywhere whether it is Badlapur, Farrukhabad, Uttarakhand or Haryana”, said the Congress MP.

Earlier, Samajwadi Party MP Awadesh Prasad had also criticised Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s government, saying that the law and order in the state has “failed”. Speaking with ANI, the SP MP said, “This incident is saddening and painful. It is sad that since the BJP has come to power under Yogi Adityanath, law and order have completely failed.”

The post-mortem reports revealed that the victims had died by suicide and arrested two accused in the incident.

Farrukhabad SP Alok Priyadarshi said, “After studying the post-mortem report, it has become clear that the girls had died by suicide. Police have arrested 2 accused in the case… It has been found that they used to harass the girls for talking on the phone… Due to this, they committed suicide. Further action is going on in the case”

Earlier family members also raised suspicions of murder and claimed that thorns were pierced in one of the bodies and the body also had marks from a belt. “We are labelling allegations of murder because the girl with higher weight was up and the girl with lesser weight was down. She had marks of injury on her leg, and thorns were pierced in her body and also had marks of belts,” said the father of one of the deceased. The father also demanded a correct investigation and for the culprit to be punished.

“Police are saying that it is suicide but we don’t agree with this version,” he added.

Chief Medical Officer Farrukhabad, Avanindra Kumar also ruled out any evidence of sexual or physical assault. Avanindra Kumar said, “Postmortem of both the girls has been done. There is no evidence of sexual or physical assault.”