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The Congress connected Saturday (April 4, 2026) accused the BJP authorities successful Rajasthan of shielding the accused successful the alleged pack rape of a 15-year-old Dalit miss successful Ajmer and the consequent onslaught connected her family, claiming the constabulary failed to enactment contempt the survivor’s connection and repeated complaints.
Addressing a property conference, AICC Scheduled Castes Department president Rajendra Pal Gautam said atrocities against Dalits were rising successful BJP-ruled States and claimed that 76% of cases of atrocities against Dalits were reported from 5 specified States. According to him, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan accounted for the highest fig of cases, followed by Bihar and Maharashtra.
Mr. Gautam said the Ajmer incidental occurred successful July 2024 but surfaced months aboriginal aft the insignificant became pregnant.
A Zero FIR was registered successful New Delhi and subsequently transferred to Ajmer. Despite the subsister signaling her connection earlier a magistrate nether applicable sections of the law, the constabulary did not marque immoderate apprehension for astir 8 months, helium said.
Only 1 of the 3 accused has been arrested truthful far, Mr. Gautam alleged, adding that 2 others were concisely detained nether preventive provisions but were aboriginal released.
He further claimed that connected March 16, up of a scheduled tribunal appearance, the survivor’s household was attacked with axes aft they refused to hold to a compromise with the accused. A counter-FIR was registered against the household but was aboriginal closed, helium said.
Mr. Gautam besides alleged violations of provisions nether the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, including nonaccomplishment to supply extortion to the subsister nether Section 15(A) and the deficiency of enactment against officials acrophobic nether Section 4.
Demanding contiguous information and compensation for the subsister and her family, helium said enactment should besides beryllium taken against constabulary officials who allegedly flouted the law.
Mr. Gautam thanked the Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for penning to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the withdrawal of cases linked to the 2018 protests against the dilution of the SC/ST Act.
He besides announced that Mr. Gandhi would emblem disconnected the “Run for Ambedkar, Run for Constitution” marathon successful Delhi connected April 12 to people the commencement day of B. R. Ambedkar.
