Telugu Desam Party (TDP) mahila wing president V. Anitha alleged that police apathy and State Government’s inability to control crime against the women, as the reasons behind the alleged gang rape of a 17-year old girl under IV Town police station limits in Visakhapatnam.
Addressing a press conference at the TDP office on January 2, Ms. Anitha said though the minor girl was lured and raped by several persons over a period of some days in different lodges in the city, the Police Department which boasts of using technology has failed to detect the crime and rescue the victim. She alleged apathy of the police in responding to the complaint of the parents on December 18. “Had the police traced her immediately after complaint, such incident may not have been occurred,” she said.
The former MLA also questioned why were the police not revealing facts, at least the details of the accused involved in the incident by organising a press conference till date, even to the media. She suspected the involvement of the YSRCP personnel among the accused. She also alleged that though the TDP mahila wing is trying to meet the victim’s girl family to console them since the last two days, they are not able to get the whereabouts of the family.
