A BJP leader’s son and two employees of a resort he owns in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district were arrested on Friday for killing a woman receptionist, police said.
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday expressed shock over incidents in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad and in Uttarakhand’s Pauri, asserting India will progress only when women are safe.
A BJP leader’s son and two employees of a resort he owns in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district were arrested on Friday for allegedly killing a woman receptionist, police said.
Also, in Moradabad, police have registered a case after a woman was seen walking naked on a road. A grainy 15-second CCTV footage of the incident surfaced online on Wednesday.
“The incidents that have happened with girls in Moradabad and Uttarakhand have shocked everyone,” Mr Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
“In the Bharat Jodo Yatra, I am meeting, and listening to many talented girls and young women. One thing is clear, our India will progress only when the women of the country are safe,” the former Congress chief said.
