Lok Sabha uproar over teenage molestation and death in Punjab

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha saw protests by the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party over an incident in Moga area of Punjab in which a 13-year-old girl died and her mother was seriously injured after they jumped out of a moving bus to escape molestation.

Members of both the parties from Punjab stormed the well of the House denouncing the Akali Dal-BJP government in the state over the law and order situation.

Ravneet Singh Bittu and Santokh Chaudhary (Congress) Dharmveer Gandhi and Bhagwant Mann trooped into the Well after their efforts to raise it were unsuccessful.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said they could raise the issue during Zero Hour in the evening.

As the protests were unrelenting, the Speaker adjourned the House for five minutes.

Reports said the girl and her mother jumped off a moving bus in Punjab's Moga district to avoid being sexually assaulted by the conductor's assistant, after the driver refused to stop the bus and the conductor did not come to their help.