Dehradun: June 26,2024
BJP has expelled OBC Morcha state executive member Aditya Raj Saini from the party due to allegations of gang rape of a minor.
A police case was registered against Aditya Raj Saini after the girl’s family accused him of rape and murder.
A BJP leader from Uttarakhand, Aditya Raj Saini, has been expelled from the party after he was arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in Haridwar. A nominated member of the Other Backward Classes Commission, he has also been removed from that post.
On the instructions of BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt, OBC Morcha state executive member Aditya Raj Saini has been expelled from the primary membership of the party. A case of gang rape of a minor was registered against Aditya Raj Saini and his servant.
In the case of the body of a teenage girl found on the side of the highway in Haridwar Bahadarabad police station area, the family had accused the accused of gang rape and murder. On the complaint of the girl’s mother, the police had registered a case against the backward commission member Aditya Raj Saini and the village head husband and his servant under effective sections including gang rape, murder and conspiracy. Bhim Army warned not to cremate the girl’s body until the accused are arrested.
The girl had gone missing three days ago. Her body was found along the highway in the Bahadrabad area near the Patanjali Research Centre yesterday. Her mother alleged that she was gangraped by the BJP leader and his accomplice before being murdered, the police said.
After the girl had failed to return home, the family called on her cellphone. It was picked by the BJP leader, who said she was with him. The phone got switched off after that, the woman said in her complaint.
The next morning, she went to the home of Aditya Raj Saini, where Amit Saini also lived. But she did not find her daughter there.
On being told that her next stop would be the police station, the BJP leader threatened that he would kill her, she said in the complaint.
After the body was found, the two men were charged with gang rape and murder under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, reported news agency Press Trust of India, quoting local police officer Pramendra Dobhal.
Five police teams have been formed for the investigation, PTI quoted him as saying.