Adityanath refuses to meet jailed ex-min Prajapati’s family
UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday refused to meet the family of jailed rapeaccused former minister Gayatri Prajapati, according to family members of the SP leader.
Prajapati’s wife, who was accompanied by two daughters, said a minister at the CM’S residence assured them that their grievance would be heard.
“We wanted to meet the chief minister, but he did not meet us,” Prajapati’s wife told reporters outside the 5 Kalidas Marg residence of the chief minister, where he was meeting people during the ‘Janata Darshan’ programme. “I am confident that my husband will get justice. We will make another attempt to have a word,” she said.
Prajapati’s sobbing daughter claimed her father was being implicated in the case.“he is innocent. We want justice. We hope the chief minister will listen to us and ensure justice to our family,” she said. He was granted bail by a special court last week in a rape and molestation case. But the Allahabad HC stayed the bail granted by Protection of Children from Sexual Offences court judge OP Mishra.
The high court administration suspended the judge for granting the bail and ordered a departmental inquiry.
Considered close to SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, Prajapati failed to walk out of jail as he was sent to judicial remand in two other cases.
He was a minister in the previous regime. The former SP MLA from Amethi had lost the recent election.
The alleged rape of the woman and molestation of her minor daughter had attracted a lot of media attention in the run up to the assembly election.
The victim from Chitrakoot had approached Gautampalli police station here on February 17, alleging that she was raped by Prajapati and his two accomplices for several months.