Allahabad, August 7
The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file a report justifying why the Central Bureau of Investigation should not be asked to inquire into the rape of a 35-year-old woman and her 14-year-old daughter in Bulandshahr.
The court took suo moto cognizance of the case and gave the state government until August 10 to respond.
The woman and her teenage daughter were travelling with some others of their family from Noida to Shahjahanpur when a gang of bandits forced them off the NH-91 on the night of July 29 and into some fields nearby.
The two were then separated from the rest of the family and raped. The family was also robbed of their valuables.
The incident sparked a political storm in the state that is scheduled to hold elections next year, with the Opposition demanding Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s resignation. — Agencies
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