lucknowUpdated: Aug 16, 2020 14:18 ISTThe Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) said on Sunday the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh has failed to control crime and that the law and order situation in the state is worsening after a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Lakhimpur district. The girl was allegedly raped and murdered on Friday in the Isanagar area of the district. Also read: 13-year-old girl gang raped in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri, two men booked“See, from some time, the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has been worsening. Rape incidents, murders of Dalits, law and order have become a question in the state. Satyendra Kumar, Lakhimpur Kheri’s superintendent of police (SP), has said the two accused have been booked under offences of murder and gangrape, adding that action will also be taken against them under the National Security Act (NSA).

Source: Hindustan Times August 16, 2020 08:49 UTC