Rewari gang-rape case: Rahul Gandhi hits out at PM Modi's silence on the Haryana gang-rape case; says 'it is unacceptable'

India hangs its head in shame as another one of its daughters is brutally gang raped.

Prime Minister, your silence is unacceptable. Shame on a government that leaves India’s women unprotected and afraid and allows rapists to walk free.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 18, 2018

Mr Gandhi is scheduled to be in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, also spoke out against rampant sexism while addressing a gathering. "Men have this mindset that women are not equal to them. This is something that we need to improve by means of social change — to make men realise that women are as capable as they are," Rahul said.

The second-year student, who was rewarded by President of India for emerging as a topper in CBSE board exam in Haryana was kidnapped from a bus stop in Kanina town of Mahendragarh district on 12 September when she was on her way to a coaching class. The accused, allegedly drugged and gang-raped at a room adjoining a tubewell in an agricultural field, the police said.

The main accused, who allegedly planned the kidnap and gang-rape of a 19-year-old second-year college student in Haryana was held by the police. Later, Dr Sanjeev and another man who owned the property, where the student was allegedly gang-raped, were arrested. Two other accused, including an Army man, is yet to be arrested and police said raids were being done to trace them.

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