‘Whose responsibility is women’s safety?’: Rahul hits out at Shah over rape-murder of 16-year-old in Delhi

Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over women’s safety in Delhi following reports of the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl.

Unlike other full-fledged States, in Delhi the police report to the Union Home Ministry.

The case came to light on September 13 when the police received information about an unidentified body lying in an open field in outer Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar. The body was in a decomposed state and had been partly eaten by dogs, said an officer.

The breakthrough was achieved after the vehicle used to dump the body was identified, said the police. A 19-year-old man has been arrested and three minors apprehended for the crime.