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Uttar Pradesh
Rape accused BSP MLA may face heat from SC Commission
Press Trust Of India
New Delhi, January 07, 2011
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes may soon send a team to
UP's Banda district to get a detailed report on the rape of a minor
Dalit girl allegedly by BSP MLA Purshottam Dwivedi.
The move comes after Lucknow Superintendent of Police Anil Das sent a
preliminary report about the
incident to the NCSC office a few days ago.
"We may soon send a team to Banda for a detailed report about the
alleged incident. Depending on the contents, we may also recommend his
arrest under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocity Act)", NCSC chairman P L Punia said.
He said that in the absence of a national commission for OBC, the NCSC
was empowered to probe atrocities on people of backward communities as
well.
His comment come after the Mayawati government raised objections to
the NCSC taking cognizance of the alleged rape case and blaming Punia,
a former close aide of the UP chief Minister, for it.
The Commission was of the view that unless such matters are taken
seriously, offenders think they can get away with the crime.
Meanwhile, the Congress in UP has alleged that despite the local court
directing that an FIR be lodged in this connection, nothing has been
done so far.
The opposition party on Thursday demanded the suspension of the Banda
SP, alleging that an impartial inquiry by the CB-CID cannot be
conducted till he was holding the post.
The 17-year-old victim was allegedly raped by the BSP MLA of Nareni in
Banda in December last year. After the girl threatened to file a
complaint against him, he levelled charges of theft against her.
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