Sadhvi Prachi demands invocation of NSA in ASHA worker rape case

MUZAFFARNAGAR: VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi has demanded that the accused in the rape case of a 40-year-old health worker at Chapra village, be booked under the stringent National Security Act.

Rape accused should be booked under National Security Act, and the women health workers (ASHA) should be safeguarded, she said on Thursday.

Prachi visited the Chapra village where the rape victim had committed suicide. She met the deceased's family and paid condolences to them on Thursday.

She also said that if police failed to book the culprits under NSA, people would start an agitation to demand security for women.

The 40-year-old married ASHA health worker at Chapra village was allegedly raped by four persons, who also spread her objectionable video through social media, leading her to commit suicide on January 13.

One of the accused, identified as Shahid, has been arrested. A hunt is on to nab the other three, police said.