Shock, outrage as DIG ‘backs’ honour killings
Shocking and irresponsible remarks by a state minister and a senior IPS officer left the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh severely embarrassed.
Durga Prasad Yadav, UP minister for stamp, court fees and registration, made the profound statement that “even God would not be able to control crime” in Uttar Pradesh. This was in Gorakhpur hours after a man was killed in a shootout between underworld gangs. “Crime will continue even if God forms a government in UP,” he said.
Soon afterwards a senior police official was caught on camera endorsing honour killings. Saharanpur DIG Satish Kumar Mathur told a father who had come to seek help to get back his abducted daughter that if his own sister had eloped “I would have killed her... or else I would have committed suicide myself”.
This insensitive remark has caused shock and outrage in several quarters, with National Commission of Women chief Mamta Sharma saying the state government should suspend the officer, and order an investigation.
Activist Ranjana Kumari demanded the DIG be put behind the bars as “this amounts to abetment of suicide and encouraging honour killings”.
Additional DGP (law and order) Jagmohan Yadav said in Lucknow the DIG denied having made the remark, and that if he had “action will be taken”.
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2G case: Behura gets bail at last, Raja files plea
Age Correspondent
New Delhi, May 9
The Supreme Court on Wednesday finally granted bail to former telecom secretary Sidhartha Behura in the 2G scam case, raising the hopes of former communications minister A. Raja, named as key accused by the CBI, that he too would get the same relief 15 months after his arrest.
Mr Raja was prompt to file his bail application for the first time before the trial judge soon after the Supreme Court allowed bail to Mr Behura. With Mr Behura out on bail, Mr Raja is now the only accused left behind bars. Even his former private secretary R.K. Chandolia had been released earlier by the trial court.
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