New Delhi: After the video of woman being harassed went viral, Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav said that the Uttar Pradesh government needs to restart the 1090 women's helpline.
A recent video from Lucknow had gone viral on social media which showed a woman riding pillion on a bike being harassed by a group of men.
Dimple Yadav talked about the video and said that the government must identify the people and take action against the people.
"The government must take action on this. There are videos and recordings of this, so the government can easily identify the people who did this. They had so proudly formed squads like the Romeo squad and Juliet squad are just namesake and have not done anything," Yadav said.
She also commented on the number of harassment cases that have increased over time and the Uttar Pradesh government needs to restart the 1090 helpline for the women.
"The number of harassing cases against women have been on the rise lately. The Uttar Pradesh government needs to restart the 1090 helpline for the women," she said.
Earlier, on July 9, a man was accused in the rape case of a minor and was arrested following an encounter with the police in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, police said on Tuesday.
According to the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), a case was registered on Monday based on an application received in connection with the rape of a minor girl aged about one and a half years in Sadarpur under Noida Sector-39 police station area.
Subsequently, a police team was formed to arrest the wanted accused in the said incident.
With the help of electronic surveillance and local intelligence, police traced the accused and nabbed him on Tuesday.
As per the information from the officials, the accused was hiding in the forest of Sector 42 under the police station area.
—ANI