8 women become crime victims every hour in UP: Priyanka slams BJP govt
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New Delhi: In a case of a woman judge's body found hanging in her quarters, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadhra slammed the BJP government of Uttar Pradesh.
On Sunday, Priyanka wondered what kind of fear an ordinary girl living in the state must feel, PTI reported.
A murder case has been registered against unidentified people in the death of the judge in UP's Budaun district, following a complaint filed by her father, a police officer said on Sunday.
In a post in X on Hindi, Priyanka Gandhi said a few weeks ago in Banda, a woman judge asked for euthanasia and now the body of another woman judge has been found in her house in Budaun.
The family of the deceased judge has raised serious questions on the probe into her death, the Congress general secretary said.
"If this is the condition of security of women judges under the BJP rule, then imagine with what fear an ordinary girl must be living through everyday," Priyanka Gandhi said.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Uttar Pradesh is number one in crimes against women, she said.
"Every hour, eight women become victims of crime. Uttar Pradesh has become completely unsafe for women because all the big claims of safety are only in advertisements. The statistics of increasing crimes against women show how serious the government actually is about women's safety," the Congress general secretary said.
"Now, only the awareness of women and society will bring them out of this whirlpool of oppression and violence," she said.
The body of Civil Judge (Junior Division) Jyotsna Rai, 27, was recovered on Saturday. It was suspected that she had killed herself. She reportedly left behind a suicide note.