Two Dalit minor girls found hanging from tree in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri; six arrested

Mangalore Today News Network

Lakhimpur Kheri, Sep 15, 2022: Two Dalit teenage sisters were found hanging from a tree in a field in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on Wednesday, police said and added that six people have been arrested. The bodies were found hanging from a tree in a sugarcane field in the Lalpur Majra Tamoli Purva village, which comes under the Nighasan police station of Lakhimpur Kheri district.

 

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem.

Meanwhile, Opposition parties including Samajwadi Party (SP), Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) attacked the Yogi Adityanath-led government over "increasing" crimes against women in the state.

 

थाना निघासन क्षेत्रांतर्गत ग्राम तमोलिन पुरवा में बरामद दो बहनों के शव के संबंध में पुलिस द्वारा की गई कार्यवाही का विवरण pic.twitter.com/8UnfIU4En9

— KHERI POLICE (@kheripolice) September 14, 2022

"Murder of two Dalit sisters after kidnapping them in Nighasan police station area. Their father’s allegation on the police is very serious that they carried out ’panchnama’ and post-mortem without the family’s consent. After farmers in Lakhimpur, the killing of Dalits is now a repetition of the murder of ’Hathras’ daughter’," SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said.

"The killings of the two sisters in Lakhimpur is heartbreaking. The family says the girls were abducted in broad daylight. Law and order in the state doesn’t improve by giving false advertisements in newspapers and TV every day. After all, why are heinous crimes against women increasing in Uttar Pradesh? When will the government wake up?," Priyanka said.

"Criminals in UP are roaming fearlessly because the priorities of the government are wrong," BSP supremo Mayawati said and urged the state government to make necessary reforms in its policy, methodology and priorities.

Courtesy: Zee News