Storm on social media after Swiss couple attacked in Fatehpur Sikri
Swiss couple attacked in Fatehpur Sikri
Samajwadi chief Akhilesh Yadav asked the Yogi Adityanath government what had happened to the anti-Rome squads?
People took to Twitter to slam Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after the attack on a Swiss couple in Fatehpur Sikri came to light.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought information from the UP government on the attack on the couplewho are currently admitted at Delhi's Apollo Hospital.
Quentin Jeremy Clerc, 24, and his girlfriend Marie Droz, 24, who had come to India on September 30, were chased and beaten with sticks and stones on Sunday by a group of youths in Fatehpur Sikri.
A group of youth attacked the Swiss couple with sticks and stones at the Fatehpur Sikri near Agra on October 22. (ANI)
The couple was strolling near the railway station in Fatehpur Sikri after a day in Agra when the group started following them and harassing Marie.
Bystanders began taking videos of them on their mobile phones, the couple said as they lay on the ground bloodied and bruised.
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After external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj asked the state government for a report on the attack, union minister of state for tourism J K Alphons wrote to Yogi Adityanath.
In his letter, Alphons said he is "deeply concerned" by the attacks.
Alphons also asked Adityanath for a speedy response, including the conviction of the guilty, PTI reported.
Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma also condemned the attack, saying it was a matter of shame.
Sharma told PTI it was unfortunate that such an attack had taken place in the country.
Samajwadi chief Akhilesh Yadav also slammed the Uttar Pradesh state government.
He asked the government "what happened to the anti-Romeo squads", referring to the deployment of police officials set up by the Uttar Pradesh chief minister to curb incidents of sexual harassment soon after he took charge earlier this year.
On Twitter, people vented theiranger over the attack.
They included Opposition leaders Milind Deora, Pankhuri Pathak, and Abhishek Singhvi, and author Taslima Nareem.
Earlier in the day, Yogi Adityanath had said as many as 50,000 tourists come to Agra every day. "If we can provide them adequate security, the number will rise to 2.5 to 3 lakh."
He was in Agra to conduct a cleanliness drive at the Taj Mahal.