New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh police have lodged a complaint against Congress MP Udit Raj for spreading misinformation over the death of 2 Dali minor girls in Unnao.

The Congress leader is accused of spreading fake news and fabricating facts on social media over the death of minor girls in Unnao.

An FIR has been registered against him at Unnao Sadar Kotwali police station. Complainant says that Udit Raj attempted to provoke people by spreading fake news in the case.

The complaint demanded action to be taken on the Congress legislator for spreading fabricated news on social media under an indictment of Section 153 BSP and 66 IT Act.

Following the tragic death of Unnao girls, Congress leader took to Twitter and claimed that he had spoken with the mother of the girls who were found dead. He said that he was told that they were raped and that their bodies were burnt without the consent of the family.

अभी अभी सावित्री बाई फुले जी पूर्व सांसद से दूरभाष पर बात हुई। मुश्किल से पुलिस ने उनको उन्नाव में पीड़ित से मिलने दिया।पीड़ित के घर वालों ने बताया कि बच्चियों के साथ बलात्कार हुआ है & मर्जी के खिलाफ लाशें जला दिया गया। @INCIndia

— Dr. Udit Raj (@Dr_Uditraj) February 19, 2021

Unnao police rebuts Cong leader’s charges

Unnao Police refuted the allegations of Congress leader and said that the tweet posted by Raj was grossly misleading and he had posted it to incite resentment among people. The police stated that the allegations made by Raj in his tweet were far from the truth and against the facts of the postmortem reports.

Mystery death of 2 Dalit girls

Three Dalit girls, aged 16, 15 and 14, were found in the field by the villagers in a field in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao. While two were found dead, the third girl was found in a critical condition. The villagers informed the police and rushed the girls to a hospital, where two of them were declared brought dead while one was taken to the Unnao hospital for treatment.