Prajapati's family fails to meet guv after not getting

After failing to get an audience with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the family members of jailed rape-accused former minister Gayatri Prajapati today knocked the doors of the governor but could not meet him.
Prajapati's family members arrived at the Raj Bhawan this morning but they were not allowed a meeting with Governor Ram Naik who was at an event that time, Raj Bhawan sources said.
"The family has sought an appointment with the governor but no decision has been taken on it as of now," they said.
On Monday, Prajapati's family had sought a meeting with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a 'Janata Darshan' at his residence.

"We wanted to meet the chief minister, but he did not meet us," Prajapati's wife had told reporters outside the 5-Kalidas Marg residence of the chief minister where he met people during 'Janata Darshan' to listen to their grievances.
Accompanied by two daughters, Prajapati's wife had claimed that a minister present at the venue assured them that their grievance would be heard.

"I am confident that my husband will get justice. We will make another attempt to have a word with the chief minister," she had said.
Prajapati's sobbing daughter claimed her father was being implicated in the case.
"He is innocent. We want justice. We hope the chief minister will listen to us and ensure justice to our family," she had said.

Feeling dejected after she failed to meet the governor, Prajapati's wife said she will knock the doors of the prime minister if she failed to get justice in the state.
The controversial SP leader was granted bail by a special court last week in a rape and molestation case but the Allahabad High Court stayed the bail granted to Prajapati by Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court judge O P Mishra.
The high court administration suspended the judge for granting the bail and initiated a departmental inquiry against him.
Considered close to SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, Prajapati failed to walk out of jail as he was sent to judicial remand in two other cases.

Prajapati was a minister in the previous Akhilesh Yadav government. The former Samajwadi Party MLA from Amethi had lost the recent election.
The alleged rape of the woman and molestation of her minor daughter had attracted a lot of media attention in the run up to the assembly election.
The victim from Chitrakoot district had approached Gautampalli police station here on February 17 alleging that she was raped by Prajapati and his two accomplices for several months.
Prajapati had gone missing after the election and an FIR was lodged against him on February 27 on the Supreme Court's directive. He was arrested from Ashiyana area of Lucknow on March 15.

He had approached the Supreme Court to get a stay on his arrest. But the apex court asked him to approach the court concerned.
At the time of his arrest, Prajapati had claimed that he was innocent and alleged the charges were a conspiracy to malign him.