NCW member stirs controversy over Badaun horror, gets slammed

Badaun/New Delhi, Jan 8 : A controversy erupted after a member of the National Commission for Women (NCW) said the ‘murder and gang-rape of 50-year-old woman could have been avoided had she not gone out alone in the evening.
The remarks led to some furious reactions from Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi party Chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bollywood actor Pooja Bhatt.
The controversy erupted on Thursday, when NCW member Chandramukhi Devi said, “I tell women again and again that they should never go out at odd hours under anyone’s influence.” “This is a crime that has shamed humanity, but I would also like to say that women should not step out alone at odd hours. I feel if the woman had not stepped out in the evening, or one of her children had accompanied her, the incident would not have happened,” Chandramukhi Devi said after meeting the victim’s family members in Badaun.
The victim, a 50-year-old woman, had gone to the temple on Sunday evening.
Later, on Sunday night, she was dropped outside her home in a critically injured condition by two men. The woman succumbed to the injuries.