Activists seek NCW's intervention in college student's rape case

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LUCKNOW: Social activists in the city have sought the intervention of the National Commission for Women in the case where a college student was raped after she was returning from a laptop distribution function in Faizabad. The activists said the late arrival of UP social welfare minister Awadhesh Prasad at the programme was responsible for the incident.

In a letter to NCW chairwoman Mamta Sharma, social activist Urvashi Sharma has demanded passing of necessary orders to the state government so that the minister, district administration of Faizabad and Amethi and college administration be made co-accused in the case.

The minister arrived at the venue five hours behind the schedule. As a result, the programme got over at 10.30 pm. Thirteen girls, who had come to attend the programme, boarded an SUV to return home. The driver dropped the other students and took the girl to an isolated spot and violated her.

"The course of events suggest that the minister and the organisers behaved irresponsibly. They failed to undertake safety and security of beneficiaries by giving priority to false pomp and show with the intention to take credit," said Urvashi Sharma, who has sought NCW's intervention in public interest.