Tejashwi Yadav slams Bihar NDA government over rape of two-year-old girl in Bihar's Gopalganj
PATNA: Leader of Opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday lashed out at the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by chief minister Nitish Kumar following the rape of a two-year old girl under the Town police station limits in north Bihar’s Gopalganj district.
Hitting out at the government, Tejashwi wrote on X, “Once again, there is a rape incident in Gopalganj. Daughters of Bihar are completely unsafe in the NDA regime. For the entire state of Bihar, this is an ‘emergency like situation.’ These criminal incidents, protected by those in power and occurring on a day-to-day basis, are unbearable, painful, terrifying, and spine-chilling.”
“The arrogant NDA government, which won on the strength of machines and machinery, must wake up. The boastful leader-ministers should focus on their governance, the dismal state of education-health, and law and order for the public good, instead of the opposition. Government that won through the system, should heed, liquidate criminal demons, save the lives of our daughters,” he added.
The incident took place when the girl was playing near her home. The accused abducted her and took to an isolated place and sexually abused her.
The victim has been admitted to the Sadar Hospital for treatment. Villagers caught the accused and beat him before handing him over to the police via the Dial-112 service.
The arrested accused has been identified as Mohammad Shariq, a resident of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh. He works as a painter at a motorcycle showroom in Gopalganj.
The accused was produced in the local court, which remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days.
The girl was admitted to hospital after her condition worsened, an investigating officer said.
A case has been registered at Town Police Station under POCSO Act and other sections of BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita).
The incident has sent shock waves among residents of the town, which shares its border with Uttar Pradesh.