Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by AICC general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Madhusudan Mistry, state PCC chief Nirmal Khatri and chairman of AICC Scheduled Castes department K Raju.
The Congress Vice President met the family at their home and also visited the site, where the bodies of the two girls were found hanging. He assured the family of all possible help, Congress leaders said.
The family members told Rahul that they don't have faith in the state police and want a CBI probe, they said.
The two victims, who were cousins and aged 14 and 15, went missing from their house on the night of May 27 and their bodies were found hanging from a mango tree in the village in Ushait area the next morning.
Badaun gang-rape: Rahul Gandhi demands CBI enquiry
Badaun: The Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today visited the family of Dalit sisters who were gang-raped in Badaun.“The family of the rape victims have demanded a CBI enquiry and I agree with them. The matter
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