Chandigarh, May 2: Expressing deep shock over the Moga bus molestation incident that resulted in the death of a girl, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has said that he was “personally anguished” more because of the bus in which it happened, reports said Saturday.
Moga molestation case has come under immense fire as the victim mother-daughter duo was thrown off the bus which was owned by the Badal family.
The deputy CM has called for severe punishment for those responsible for the tragedy however the victim's family, which has refused to even cremate the victim, wants an FIR to be registered against the bus owner, that is, the Badal family.
Issuing a statement two days after the incident, Badal said, "I am with the grieving family in their hour of extreme sorrow and want to assure them that those responsible for bringing this tragedy will be given exemplary punishment under the law of the land...I am personally and deeply anguished over the incident, the more so because of the bus in which it happened,” the ANI reported.
He also slammed the opposition parties for “latching on to” the Moga case to gain political mileage.
"I am deeply pained by the utterly irresponsible and inhuman statements emerging from some Congress leaders. Instead of helping in assuaging the wounded feelings of the affected family, the opposition leaders have been gleefully latching on to it as an opportunity to buy their lost political relevance in Punjab. That really saddens me," he added according to the ANI.
Devastated on the death of their daughter, the victim's parents have rejected Rs 20 Lakh compensation and a government job for her mother, who too was molested and pushed out of the bus.
The aggrieved family has also refused to cremate the victim.
The family is insisting that the owners of the bus, Orbit Aviation, be booked in connection with the offence and its road permits be cancelled, a demand vociferously supported by AAP.
The incident has provoked public outrage with opposition Congress and Aam Aadmi Party, besides farmers and rights groups taking to streets in Punjab and Delhi.
Earlier in the day, Congress and AAP joined the agitating family and activists staging a protest in front of the Moga civil hospital where the injured mother of the deceased is undergoing treatment. The body of the girl is also lying in the mortuary.
A large number of Aam Aadmi Party activists led by Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann also held protest in front of the DSP office at Baghapurana.
Mann said, "This issue was also raised in Parliament yesterday. When law is equal in the country then why it is not being implemented with same spirit in Punjab.
When in Nirbhaya case the owners of bus were also booked in Delhi, then why not action should be taken against the Badal family who are the owners of Orbit Aviation."
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