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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday sent a four-page preliminary reply to the Delhi Police's notice about his "women still being sexually assaulted" remark made during the Bharat Jodo Yatra while questioning the process adopted by the authorities and a sudden urgency after a 45-day delay.
Rahul gave the 10-point reply hours after a Delhi police team knocked on his doors for the third time in five days. He also sought 8 to 10 days to give a detailed response to the questions posed by Delhi police over his January 30 remarks, NDTV reports quoting the sources.
The police team headed by Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Sagar Preet Hooda arrived at Rahul Gandhi's 12, Tughlaq Lane, residence around 10am and was able to meet the Congress leader after two hours, officials said, adding the team left around 1pm.
According to the police, Rahul stated in Srinagar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra that "I have heard that women are still being sexually assaulted", and since the Yatra had passed through Delhi also, they wanted to ascertain if any victim had approached the Congress leader here so that they can initiate a probe into the matter.
"The police had asked him to give details of these victims so that security could be provided to them," an official said.
Sending a preliminary reply a little before 4pm, Rahul termed the police action unprecedented and asked whether this had anything to do with his position taken both inside and outside Parliament on the Adani issue, sources said.
According to them, Rahul also asked what was the urgency on the part of the Delhi police in making two visits in as many days after an initial gap of 45 days after he made his speech in Srinagar.
The former Congress chief asked whether any other political party, including the ruling party, has been subjected to such kind of scrutiny or questioning over their political campaigns.
An angry Congress has condemned the Delhi police action and attacked the Central government, calling it the "worst case of harassment and political vendetta", but the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rejected the charge and said the police was only discharging its lawful duty.
