NEW DELHI: “Today we’ve served a notice which has been accepted by his office and if questioning needs to be done then we will do it. We will begin our proceedings as soon as we receive the information, said Delhi police that arrived at the residence of the Former Congress party president on Sunday.
The visit comes as the Congress Party despite promising to respond to the notice on sexual harassment failed to address it. A notice was sent to Rahul Gandhi about the visit of the Delhi Police on 16th March after they failed to meet him on 15th March at his residence.
Taking cognizance of the social media posts made during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Delhi police sent a questionnaire to the Congress leader and asked him ‘to give details about the women who approached him regarding sexual harassment’.
According to police, Gandhi gave a statement in Srinagar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra that ‘I have heard that women are still being sexually assaulted’.
“It is important for us to know whether there was any woman of Delhi who conveyed her message to Rahul Gandhi, this is a serious matter. There might be a possibility of the involvement of minors also,” Sagar Preet Hooda, the Special CP Law and Order said in interacting with the media stationed out side Gandhi’ house.
Taking to Twitter, the Congress stated, “A government rattled by Shri Rahul Gandhi’s questions on PM Modi and Adani’s relationship hides behind its police. 45 days after Bharat Jodo Yatra was completed, Delhi Police has, via a notice, sought details of women who met him and spoke about harassment and violence they may have faced.”