‘Mental rape’: Akhilesh slams UP govt for challenging HC order on relief to Hathras woman’s family

PTI, Mar 28, 2023, 3:03 PM IST

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for challenging a high court order to relocate and provide employment to the family of the Hathras woman found dead after alleged rape, and said their “harassment” was like “mental rape”.

The state government’s plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Monday. While dismissing the petition of the state government, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala had expressed surprise over the fact that the state had filed an appeal against an high court order.

“The family of ‘Hathras ki Beti’ (daughter of Hathras) is now being made to run by the BJP government, that made false promises of job and relocation. This harassment and humiliation is no less than mental rape or ‘manobal ki hatya’ (murder of morale),” Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi with hashtag “Hathraskibeti”.