The National Commission for Women (NCW) and the All-India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) on Saturday came face to face on whether the women in Bhatta, Parsaul villages in Greater NOIDA were raped or not.
Two key women organisations, the National Commission for Women (NCW) and the All-India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) on Saturday came face to face on whether the women in Bhatta, Parsaul villages in Greater NOIDA were raped or not.
While AIDWA said there were no incidence of even molestation, NCW suspected that incidents of rape might come to the fore only after a detailed investigation.
A report by the NCW said the women in the villages complained of assault and molestation, on the other hand, the Left’s AIDWA found no evidence of molestation and rape.
In an apparent attempt to please her political masters, NCW chief Yasmin Abrar insisted there was rape but did not back her claims with evidence or material. Abrar is the wife of Abrar Ahmad, who was a senior Congress leader in Rajasthan and a former union minister in Narsimha Rao’s government.
“During a preliminary inquiry, women complained they were beaten up and their clothes got torn during the police action. But we cannot say with surety that there was rape though we suspect such things may come out in a detailed investigation,” NCW chief Yasmin Abrar told DNA.
Abrar demanded a detailed CBI investigation in the matter. But in her zeal to please the Congress leadership, Abrar said her team visited a day after “Rahul baba was arrested in UP.”
“Women in these villages were reluctant to talk about anything. But in Bhatta they said how they were molested and their men burnt alive. In Parsaul village, they said how their houses were ransacked and looted,” said Abrar.
She also alleged that the evidence was tampered by the state administration.
“We want Uttar Pradesh government to lodge an FIR and ensure free and fair investigation,” Abrar said.
AIDWA’s general secretary Sudha Sundaram, on the other hand, said though women in these villagers told her team about the rude behaviour by the policemen, none talked about rape or molestation.
“Women complained that the policemen had barged into their houses when there were no men. They were very rude, but none of the women complained of rape or molestation,” Sundaram said.
The Uttar Pradesh government has already dismissed the charges and said preliminary forensic reports of ashes collected has ruled out presence of any human remains.
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