Man Who Recorded Ujjain Rape Arrested, MP CM Mohan Yadav Says Nobody Will Be Spared

The Ujjain Police have arrested a man accused of recording an incident of rape of a woman trash collector by a man in broad daylight on foothpath in the temple town on Saturday.

According to the police, the accused, Mohammad Salim shot the video of the heinous crime which took place on Wednesday and posted the video on social media platforms. The police said that Salim, a native of Nagda town, has a history of crimes.

In a horrific incident, the woman was allegedly raped by a man, named Lokesh, after he forced the victim to consume liquor in broad daylight light on a footpath at Kayala Pharak area in Ujjain.

Additionally, some miscreants shot the video of the incident instead of taking any action and made the videos viral by posting it on social media. The incident has triggered widespread outrage and a political confrontation between the Congress and the ruling BJP.

Acting on the victim’s complaint, the police arrested the rape accused. Police said that the accused Lokesh had promised to marry her, made her drink liquor, and then raped her on Wednesday.

“Accused Lokesh promised to marry her, made her drink liquor and then raped her on Wednesday. Some people who were passing by shot videos of the incident instead of stopping the crime. Lokesh later fled from the spot. After the woman filed a complaint when the effect of alcohol wore off, Lokesh was arrested,” Kotwali Area’s City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Om Prakash Mishra said.

CM Yadav assures strict punishment for accused

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav has said that the culprits would be awarded strictest punishment and no one would be spared.

“There is rule of law in Madhya Pradesh. Those who commit a crime will be dealt with sternly. Nobody will be spared. Be it Ujjain or the entire state, under the leadership of PM Modi we are all committed to good governance…” he said to news agency ANI.

Congress vs BJP on Ujjain rape case

The incident triggers a war of words between the Congress and the BJP as the opposition party trained it’s guns over the “deteriorating law and order” in the state pointing out that the crime took place in Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s constituency.

Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that the brutality against women is a “blot on humanity”, asserting that “propaganda-centric” governments have given birth to an insensitive system of which the biggest victims are women.

“The brutality against women in Ujjain and Siddharthnagar is a blot on humanity. The continuously increasing crimes against women and the attitude of the police administration towards the victim and her family is proof of the cruelty of the system and is a matter of serious concern for the country,” Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X.

Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari has questioned the silence of key political figures, including Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

State BJP President VD Sharma said the Congress party was politicising the incident. “Congress party has no issues to corner the Madhya Pradesh government and that’s why they try to give such a tone to the incident… The BJP government is the first government to introduce a law to give the death penalty to the perpetrators of these kinds of incidents… The accused has been arrested and the state government will ensure that strict action is taken against them,” Sharma said.

(With inputs from agencies)