Taking a swift action soon after the arrest of the three accused, BJP has expelled all three accused from the party. However, BJP did not reveal which wing and which post the three accused held in the party. According to the sources, after arresting the three accused, the police presented them in the court. Where the court has sent him to judicial custody for 14 days.Sources also claim that these three former BJP workers had campaigned for the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh days after the incident.Opposition alleges accused linked to BJPFollowing the arrests, opposition parties have hit out at BJP alleging that the accused are linked to the ruling party. Three persons for allegedly gang-raping a woman student inside the IIT-BHU campus in Varanasi have been arrested by the police on December 31. The incident came into light on night of November 1. Three accused have been identified as Kunal Pandey, Anand alias Abhishek Chauhan, and Saksham Patel have been arrested in the case, said Shivakant Mishra, Station House Officer, Lanka police station.Following the arrests, opposition parties have hit out at BJP alleging that the accused are linked to the ruling party. Akhilesh Yadav, the chief of Samajwadi Party, taking it to his official X handle, questioned the ruling party, “Will the BJP leaders who play with the dignity of women continue to get a free hand”ये हैं भाजपा के दिग्गज नेताओं की छत्रछाया में सरेआम पनपते और घूमते भाजपाइयों की वो नयी फसल, जिनकी तथाकथित ज़ीरो टॉलरेंस सरकार में दिखावटी तलाश जारी है।सूचनार्थ : ये भाजपा के सर्वोच्च नेताओं से अभयदान प्राप्त वो भाजपाई हैं जिन पर बनारस हिंदू यूनिवर्सिटी (बीएचयू) में एक छात्रा… pic.twitter.com/2wV7EtnsPr— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) December 31, 2023What is the incident all aboutHundreds of students from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) staged a demonstration on campus in the wake of the tragedy, calling for the prohibition of outsider admission. The complainant said that on November 1, she and a friend had left their accommodation. They were close to the Karman Baba temple when three men on a motorbike pulled up, separated her from her friend, and forced her into a corner where they gagged her.After that, the accused allegedly stripped the victim, recorded a video of her, and took pictures of her. The complainant claimed that after around fifteen minutes, they let her go and collected her phone number. Based on the complaint, a FIR was filed at the Lanka police station under the provisions of the Information Technology Act and Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with assault or criminal force to a woman with the aim to violate her modesty. Then, according to police, the FIR was amended to include the charge of gangrape.
