I want to kill BSP legislator: Banda rape victim

BANDA - A day after her release from prison, the 17-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator and jailed on false theft charges Sunday said she wanted to kill the politician “with her own hands”.

“Left to me, I would kill the MLA (member of legislative assembly) who not only raped me but also passed me on to his henchmen,” the rape victim told reporters at her native village Shahbazpur here.

She has accused ruling BSP legislator Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi of raping her and he is now in jail.

“After raping me twice, he (Dwivedi) asked me to get married to one his servants so that he could continue to use me…When I flatly refused his offer, he threatened to shoot me with his revolver,” the teenager said.

“In the next opportunity, I somehow managed to slip away from the MLA’s house, where I was kept in captivity for four days,” she added.

Prompted by an Allahabad High Court directive, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday ordered the victim’s release.

The girl said: “After I managed to run away from the MLA’s house, I was caught by his goons who thrashed me before handing me over to police officials who also subjected me to physical torture.”

According to her, when she was jailed at the behest of the politician on false theft charges, Banda Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Das pressurised her to withdraw the rape charges.

“He (Das) came to my cell in Banda jail and directed me to withdraw my complaint…But I clearly told him that I would never do so, come what may,” the girl recalled.

A large number of Samajwadi Party activists led by its national general secretary Vishambhar Nishad Sunday afternoon reached the girl’s hut and addressed a public rally, demanding more stringent action against the legislator.

Nishad wanted to take the girl to his house, citing “proper shelter”. But police disallowed him from doing, saying the court has directed them to provide protection to the girl.

Dwivedi, after allegedly raping the girl who belongs to the Other Backward Classes (OBC), had got her arrested Dec 15 night on charges of stealing his licensed revolver, a mobile phone and Rs.5,000 in cash.

Mayawati Wednesday ordered the arrest of the legislator of her own party after the preliminary report submitted by the crime branch of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) confirmed that the girl was gangraped.

Dwivedi was arrested Thursday and sent to Banda jail.