Unnao's Dalit Woman Murder Case: A woman resident of the Sadar Kotwali area of Unnao, aged 22, had been missing for two months before her body was discovered buried on land owned by Samajwadi Party politician Fateh Bahadur Singh's son, Rajol Singh.
On December 8, her mother had filed a missing person's report. Rajol Singh was implicated by the missing woman's mother for her disappearance. The police, on the other hand, allegedly did not take the case seriously.
The mother requested a meeting with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on February 11t, 2022. According to the report, she expressed dissatisfaction with the police investigation and expressed concern that her daughter had been raped before her death. The mother also stated that she wished to meet with the chief minister in order to persuade him to take swift action against the perpetrator.
Earlier on January 24 2022, the mother jumped in front of the former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's car in Lucknow.
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Here’s what we know of the Unnao Dalit Woman Murder Case:
- The body of the 22-year-old woman, who went missing two months ago on December 8, was discovered on February 10 near an ashram owned by Rajol Singh, the son of a former state politician. The body, wrapped in a blanket and thrown in a septic tank, was discovered decayed.
- The Dalit woman's autopsy confirmed that she had been strangled. According to the post-mortem report, she had been assaulted and that two head injuries had been discovered.
- Reportedly in this case, Rajol Singh, the son of former UP minister Fateh Bahadur Singh, was being questioned. In the beginning, Shashi Shekhar Singh, the Unnao SSP, refuted the claims of inaction. "We've started our investigation the perpetrators will face severe consequences," he said.
- Later, Rajol Singh was arrested and taken to jail. He was interrogated, but no trace of the missing woman could be found. The woman's body was later discovered on Thursday, based on evidence.
- According to reports, when the Sadar Kotwali Police unit arrived on the scene, they dug up the body, which was buried four feet beneath the ground. The woman's family had met with the district magistrate and Unnao SSP earlier in the day.
- Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP), denied any ties between his party and Rajol Singh, the son of an ex-Uttar Pradesh minister. On Friday Akhilesh Yadav stated, "The minister died four years ago and his son has nothing to do with the party."
- He on the other hand, has urged the Uttar Pradesh government to thoroughly investigate the alleged murder of a Dalit woman in Unnao. He even slammed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, tweeting, "This shows what the law and order situation is like under Yogi's government."
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