Unnao : Congress General Secretary and Uttar Pradesh In-Charge Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday met the family members of a Dalit girl, whose decomposed body was recovered from near the Ashram of a former SP MLA on February 10.
Priyanka assured them the family that Congress will fight to ensure justice for the deceased. According to party sources, after attending a road show in support of Congress candidate Asha Singh, Priyanka went to Kanshiram colony in the evening and met the family members of the victim.
The girl had gone missing on December 8 last year. After recovery of her body from a vacant plot near the ashram of former minister in the SP government, Fateh Bahadur Singh, police arrested his son Rajol Singh and also filed an FIR against him in this connection.
Congress had claimed that so far, a case under the relevant Sections of kidnapping has been registered. Priyanka assured that she will take the legal battle forward and also raise her voice politically. “We are with you in this fight for justice,” she said. Prior to this, the Congress leader spoke with the victim’s family and while extending all possible help, also assured that harsh punishment will be ensured to the accused. AB RJ