Mother, sister of Gauri Lankesh join Rahul Gandhi in Bharat Jodo Yatra
Chittanahalli (Karnataka)(PTI): Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was on Friday joined by the mother and sister of slain activist Gauri Lankesh during the Bharat Jodo Yatra here as he walked with them and said he stood with her and countless others who "represent the true spirit of India".
He said the Bharat Jodo Yatra is the voice of people like Lankesh and that can never be silenced.
Taking to Twitter, Gandhi wrote, Lankesh stood for truth, courage and freedom.
"I stand for Gauri Lankesh and countless others like her, who represent the true spirit of India. Bharat Jodo Yatra is their voice. It can never be silenced," Gandhi wrote while sharing the picture of him walking with Lankesh's family members holding her mother's hand.
Lankesh, who was editor of Kannada weekly Lankesh Patrike, was assassinated outside her home in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on 5 September 2017.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also shared Gandhi's picture walking with Lankesh's mother and sister.
"We all know the ideology that took away Gauri Lankesh's life. Rahul Gandhi walking with Gauri Lankesh's mother and sister tells the world that truth can never be silenced by hate and violence. BharatJodoYatra signifies hope, ahimsa and truth," he said on Twitter.
The 3,570-km-long Bharat Jodo Yatra began from Kanyakumari on September 7.
The yatra has so far covered hundreds of kilometres across the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka
Gauri stood for Truth
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 7, 2022
Gauri stood for Courage
Gauri stood for Freedom
I stand for Gauri Lankesh and countless others like her, who represent the true spirit of India.
Bharat Jodo Yatra is their voice.
It can never be silenced. pic.twitter.com/TIpMIu36nY
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'Shocked' SC summons police commissioner, IO on Apr 13 in Ghaziabad rape-murder case of minor
New Delhi (PTI): Expressing deep shock, the Supreme Court on Friday intervened in the harrowing rape-murder case of a four-year-old girl in Ghaziabad and summoned the police commissioner and the investigating officer on April 13 with the case records.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took note of the submissions of senior lawyer N Hariharan, appearing for the victim's father, a daily wager, and expressed its displeasure over the manner in which the state police had conducted the investigation so far in the case.
The CJI lambasted the state police and two private hospitals, which refused to treat the girl before she succumbed to her injuries post-alleged rape, for their "complete indifference" and "insensitive approach".
On March 16, the victim was allegedly lured away by a neighbour on the pretext of buying chocolates and when the child did not return, a search led the father to find her lying unconscious and covered in blood. She later succumbed to her injuries at a government hospital in Ghaziabad.
