The BJP Mahila Morcha has termed the incident of sexual harassment of dance choreographer Sheikh Johnny Basha (Johnny Master) on a young woman (assistant choreographer) in the Tollywood industry as a serious act and said it is a case of love jihad.
Mahila Morcha state president Dr. Shilpa Reddy has vehemently deplored that a young woman was subjected to hell for five years, harassed, assaulted and pressured to convert her religion.
What is the point of making frivolous cases against the accused to water down the case even though it is clearly registered in the FIR that he had trapped a Hindu girl?, she expressed her anger. She lashed out saying that the accused has not been arrested till now even knowing that he is in Nellore.
She expressed her concern that there are allegations of involvement of some film industry leaders and ruling party leaders in this incident. She flagged that the government is not paying attention to the increasing attempts of Muslim boys to seduce and convert Hindu girls in the state.
Dr. Shilpa Reddy lamented that it is a shame that the state government has not acting seriously even though the incidents of rape against women and sexual harassment of Hindu women by converting religion are serious in the state.
Stating that law and order in the state has completely deteriorated, she made it clear that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, who is handling the Home Department, should be held responsible for this.
She wondered that despite many anarchies and atrocities happening in the state against women, the law and order situation has worsened. Not at once the chief minister conducted a review on the Home Department.
She reminded that Sheikh Jani has a criminal record in the past, and the police themselves revealed that in 2019, a Medchal court sentenced her to six months imprisonment in a case of assaulting a woman in a college in 2015.
She urged the state government to take the case seriously and take steps to conduct a legal and transparent investigation. Otherwise, Shilpa Reddy warned that BJP Mahila Morcha will fight till justice is done to the victimized women.
