'Women being sexually assaulted' remark: Rahul Gandhi gets new notice from Delhi Police

Delhi Police on Sunday served a fresh notice to Rahul Gandhi in connection with an earlier notice issued to him over his "women are still being sexually assaulted" remark made during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar.

Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Sagar Preet Hooda said Gandhi said he needed some time to provide the information which the police asked for.

"We held a meeting with Rahul Gandhi. He said he needs some time and will give us the information which we have asked for. Today, we have served a notice which has been accepted by his office and if questioning needs to be done then we will do it," news agency ANI quoted Hooda as saying.

"Rahul Gandhi said it was a long yatra and he met many people and needs time to compile it. He has assured us that he will give the information soon and we will begin our proceedings as soon as we receive the information," the special CP added.

Earlier in the day, Delhi police team headed by Hooda arrived at Gandhi's 12, Tughlaq Lane residence and remained there for over two hours.

What did Rahul Gandhi say?

According to police, Gandhi gave a statement in Srinagar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra that "I have heard that women are still being sexually assaulted".

Rahul Gandhi had made the comments in Srinagar during the Bharat Jodo yatra.

"In one particular case I asked a girl, she had been raped, I asked her should we call the police, she said that don't call the police then I will be shamed", Rahul had said.

He went to say that that he had heard that women are still being sexually assaulted. Rahul Gandhi also made similar statement in his controversial speech in Cambridge university in the UK, where he said that when he was walking in Kashmir during his Bharat Jodo Yatra, two women approached him and held his hand. I felt something strange. It was like a desperate way of holding my hand. So, I looked at her and asked, tell me what is happening?".

He said that one of the women said, "my sister and me were gangs raped by five guys", when he talked to them. "This is not the conversation, you do, when you meet a person the first time." My first reaction was let's call the cops, but the girls said I cannot call the cops. If you call the cops, we will be shamed and we are never getting to go married. We just wanted our brother to know what is happening and they walked away."

Now, the police have asked him to give details of these victims so that security can be provided to them.