[Marxistindia] Kathua & Unnao Outrage

[news from the cpi(m)]

April 14, 2018

Press Statement

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

Kathua Outrage

The horrific rape and murder of a eight-year old girl in Kathua, Jammu,
who was kept confined, sedated and brutalized by a gang of men has
outraged the country.

More shocking and disturbing has been the communalization of this heinous
crime and the defence of the accused who were arrested, by two ministers
of the J&K government belonging to the BJP. In another outrageous act, the
local bar association lawyers sought to prevent the filing of the case
papers in the court.

The two ministers have since resigned, but this is insufficient. Criminal
cases must be filed against them for obstruction of justice. Similarly,
the office bearers of the bar association must also be proceeded against
for trying to obstruct the course of justice.


UP Government Indicted


The Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has covered itself in ignominy
by refusing to act against the ruling party MLA of Unnao, Kuldip Singh
Sengar, who is accused in the rape of a minor girl. Moreover, the
administration stands indicted in the manner in which the father of the
girl died in custody after being arrested by the police on false cases. He
had suffered serious injuries inflicted on him by the brother of the MLA
and his henchmen.

It is only after the Allahabad High Court made scatching comments on the
administration and ordered the arrest of the MLA, that he was taken into
custody.

The Adityanath government which sought to protect the MLA had no
compunction earlier in withdrawing 131 cases involving murder and other
serious offences registered after the Muzaffanagar riots in September
2013. With this action the BJP government had signaled that crimes can be
committed with impunity.

The Unnao crime is a direct consequence of the protection given to serious
criminal offenders.