NEW DELHI — Awadhesh Prasad, the Samajwadi Party MP from Faizabad, burst into tears on Sunday during a press conference over the rape and murder of a Dalit woman and declared that he would resign from his position if the perpetrators of heinous crime were not caught and punished.
Prasad’s teary outburst was in response to the murder of a 22-year-old Dalit woman whose body was found in Ayodhya, which is a part of the Faizabad constituency.
According to reports, the naked body of the woman was recovered from a canal near her village. As per her family members, she was violated before the murder and her eyes were also gouged out.
The Samajwadi Party MP, speaking to the press, started crying over the incident, lamenting that he could not save her.
A video of Prasad breaking down also circulated on the social media. In the video, he can be seen crying while fellow colleagues were consoling him.
“I will raise this matter in Lok Sabha before the Prime Minister. I will resign from Lok Sabha if we do not get justice. We are failing to save our daughters. How did this happen to our daughter,” he could be heard saying in the video.
The incident has left the villagers angry and outraged while her family members are demanding stringent action against the perpetrators.
A complaint of the missing Dalit girl was lodged on Thursday and a day later, her naked body was found from a nearby canal by her brother-in-law, with her eyes gouged out. Following complaints, the police took the body into custody and started investigation. One person has been taken into custody.
Her family members alleged that she has been murdered after being raped.
“Her limbs were tied and the body had deep wounds as well as fractures,” a family member said. –IANS