Despite UP CM Akhilesh Yadav’s knee-jerk reaction on Badaun’s heartrending rape-murder case, his detractors say he is incompetent to run a state like Uttar Pradesh – where lawlessness has made common man’s life miserable.
Notably, after much heckling in the media, Akhilesh has removed the state chief secretary Jawed Usmani who had fallen from grace of the CM due to his dismal performance and appointed Alok Ranjan in his place. Ranjan has served under three CMs and considered to be media-friendly.
The Samajwadi Party’s government has already referred the Badaun rape and murder case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday.
The tragedy that happened on May 29 has acquired wide media publicity. The mounting public pressure forced the Akhilesh Yadav government to act swiftly and the state police nabbed all the accused within 48-hours – a record of sort for a state like Uttar Pradesh.
It should be recalled here that the two minor girls were gang raped and murdered and their bodies hung from a tree in the state’s Badaun district early morning on Thursday. The girls were aged between 13 -14 years, well informed sources revealed.
Ironically, among the rapists were three constables too, who were immediately arrested and put under suspension by the government.
