A delegation from AIDWA comprising National Vice President Jagmati Sangwan, AIDWA Delhi Working President Asha Sharma and others visited the family of the acid attack victim Priti Rathi in Narela today.
They met the family and expressed their anguish at the gruesome incident and found that the support that the family needed from the administration and the police in their time of distress was sorely lacking. While Priti’s parents were with her in Mumbai, her younger sister was alone in Delhi with no police protection. While the Maharashtra government has “promised” CBI inquiry, this cannot take effect until the Union Home Minister issued the necessary order for probe. AIDWA also found that many expenses during this period were being borne by the family such as Priti’s hospital bills and air ticket to come back to Delhi with her body…
An AIDWA delegation is also going to meet the Home Minister shortly to demand the following:
- Police protection for the family
- Immediate order for CBI probe into the incident
- Reimbursement of expenses that the family has incurred on Priti’s treatment
- Reimbursement of other allied expenses during this period, such as air ticket, etc.
