Live: UP principal secy removed as govt faces flak over Badaun

8.00 pm: UP principal secy removed as govt faces flak over Badaun As the Akhilesh Yadav-led UP government continues to face many questions over the Badaun rape, the UP principal secretary (Home) Anil Gupta was removed. 6.53 pm: Badaun accused’s family threatening victims kin? Even as the whole nation is outraged with the rape cases in Badaun, the family of one of the accused have been threatening one of the girls’ family. NDTV quoted the one of the girls’ father as saying, “They say, once media leaves, Mahabharat bana denge.” 6.47 pm: Akhilesh slammed on Twitter over Badaun rape Even as women protesters outside Akhilesh Yadav’s house were dispersed using water cannons, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister was slammed on Twitter for his inaction towards growing crime in the state. Here are some Twitter reactions.

5.04 pm: Badaun rape has shocked govt, says Maneka Gandhi Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today said that the government has taken the Badaun rape case very seriously and that it is on top priority for justice. “The Badaun case has shocked the government, we have taken this case very seriously. This case is the number one priority for us,” she said. She said that, “The government will set up a rape crisis cell.” 3.57 pm: Here are some statistics on crimes against women in UP Uttar Pradesh is know for the crimes against women including rape, dowry deaths, honour killings and so on. The attitude of the government towards women and inaction of the police force has made crime rates increase manifolds. In an article on Firstpost, Piyasree Dasgupta rightly points out, he bigger story about Uttar Pradesh under the Akhilesh Yadav is summed by one little statistic: In 2013, the state registered 126 rape cases in one week alone. And the attitude of his government is also equally easy to summarise, this time in one quote from his father Mulayam Yadav who said just last month on rape: “Ladke, ladke hain. Galti ho jati hai (Boys are boys. They commit mistakes).” Here is a look at the number of crimes against women in the state according to data from the NCRB: 3.21 pm: Paswan slams Akhilesh govt over Badaun gangrape Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan today met the family members of the two gangrape and murder victims in Badaun and assured them that he would take up their demands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raise them in the Union Cabinet. Slamming the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh, he questioning why the Chief Minister had failed to turn up at the village and visit the victims’ families. He also wondered whether this pointed to some “collusion” between the state government and the accused. Paswan was accompanied by his son Chirag Paswan, who has been elected to Lok Sabha and is the party’s Parliamentary Board chairman. Chirag said that while it is understandable to some extent if the state government is not able to provide electricity and water supply, the minimum that it can do is to provide security. “If you are not being able to provide right to life, then what kind of government this is. Security to life is the basic right of every citizen and every government has to provide that,” he said. After meeting family members of the victims, the Union Minister said that the entire family is scared and there should be permanent police camp in the village. He demanded that the Chief Minister should visit the village, the case should be given a speedy trial like in the Nirbhaya case and the accused handed down ememplary punishment. 2.30 pm: 22-year-old gangrape in UP, BJP protests at Akhilesh’s house A 22-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped, forced to drink acid and later strangulated to death in Baheri area in Bareilly, police sources said on Monday. [caption id=“attachment_1553079” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Represenational image. PTI[/caption] The victim’s body was recovered from a field in Aithpura village on Saturday with her face mutilated, police said. They further added that her postmortem report, which was filed today, revealed that she was gangraped and later strangulated. Police said that acid was detected from the stomach of the victim, which indicated that she was forced to drink it before being murdered. Her face was mutilated by pouring acid and petrol to conceal her identity, they added. SSP J Ravindra Gaur said there was a possibility of the victim hailing from Uttrakhand, and therefore a team has been dispatched there for investigation. Deputy SP Baheri Kalu Singh said police was investigating several aspects of the crime. It is being suspected that it could be a case of honour killing or could be related to flesh trade, he said. It was only last week that two minor Dalit girls were gangraped in Badaun. BJP has launched a massive protest in Lucknow outside Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s residence over incidents of sexual violence in Uttar Pradesh. Heavy security has been placed outside the CM’s residence and police had resorted to using water cannons against the protesters. The protesters have demanded that First Information Reports (FIRs) be filed against UP police officers. Home Minister Rajnath Singh has also written a letter to the UP government, asking why the SC/ST Act has not been used to place charges against the accused. Earlier, women workers of the BJP had protested at Akhilesh’s office as well, and had given the government an ultimatum, saying that if incidents of atrocities against women were not checked then they would gherao the Chief Minister’s office again on 2 June.