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The Lok Sabha saw protests by the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party over an incident in Moga area of Punjab in which a 13-year-old girl died and her mother was seriously injured after they jumped out of a moving bus to escape molestation.
Updated : Apr 30, 2015, 04:54 PM IST
The Lok Sabha saw protests by the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party over an incident in Moga area of Punjab in which a 13-year-old girl died and her mother was seriously injured after they jumped out of a moving bus to escape molestation.
Members of both the parties from Punjab stormed the well of the House denouncing the Akali Dal-BJP government in the state over the law and order situation. Ravneet Singh Bittu and Santokh Chaudhary (Congress) Dharmveer Gandhi and Bhagwant Mann trooped into the Well after their efforts to raise it were unsuccessful.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said they could raise the issue during Zero Hour in the evening. As the protests were unrelenting, the Speaker adjourned the House for five minutes.
A 16-year-old girl died and her mother was critically injured after they were reportedly thrown off from a moving bus while resisting molestation on Wednesday evening, 10 kilometres from Moga in Punjab. The conductor and cleaner of the bus, reportedly belonging to a company owned by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's family, were on Thursday arrested by the police in connection with the horrific incident.