Police visit Rahul Gandhi's residence for details of 'sexual harassment' victims
New Delhi, March 19: Special CP Law and Order Sagar Preet Hooda arrived at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's residence in connection with a police notice seeking information on the alleged sexual harassment victims mentioned in his speech during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
"We've come here to talk to him. Rahul Gandhi gave a statement in Srinagar on Jan 30 that during the Yatra he met several women and they told him that they had been raped. We're trying to get details from him so that justice can be given to victims," Hooda said.
"It is important for us to know whether there was any woman of Delhi who conveyed her message to Rahul Gandhi, this is a serious matter. There might be a possibility of the involvement of minors also," he further said.
"Earlier on March 15 also we had come to meet Rahul Gandhi but were not able to meet him. Then on the 16th we came to Rahul Gandhi's residence and gave notice that we'll come today".
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"It is important for us to know Rahul Gandhi's side so that the victims can get justice," he said.
When Delhi Police went to hand over a notice to Wayand MP seeking information on the sexual harassment victims mentioned in his speech during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir in January, Rahul Gandhi made them wait for hours.
''On March 15, a team of Delhi Police team waited for three hours to give notice to Rahul Gandhi on his statement made in Srinagar regarding an alleged sexual assault with women. Even after waiting for three hours, Rahul Gandhi did not meet the police team," sources added,
"Senior officers of the Delhi Police again visited his residence on March 16 to give notice to him which was personally received by him after one-and-a-half hours."
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- ANI
