Dad in jail, girl reaches out to PM in Varanasi

April 26, 2019 15:07

A young girl on Friday reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking help to free her father from jail. Jyoti was standing in between the huge crowd of BJP workers in Varanasi when Prime Minister Modi was addressing the party workers ahead of the filing of his nomination from temple city for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

The PM noticed her and asked one of his SPGs to enquire about her concern. Jyoti immediately handed over a letter to the guard and asked him to pass it on to the Prime Minister.

Jyoti, while speaking to ANI, claimed that her father is innocent and was framed in a false case.

Sharing her ordeal, an emotional Jyoti said, "I want Modiji to do justice and help me to release my father from jail. My father is innocent and has done nothing. My father got married 35 years go to a girl. One year after marriage, she committed suicide and the girl's family held my father responsible for this. My father was punished in the case and he is not responsible for it.

"We four siblings live together with our mother. My mother's health is not good. We do not have any relatives. We are not even able to pursue our studies. If something happens to my mother, there is no one to take care of ourselves," she added.

Jyoti also claimed that she wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeking help.

"A week back, I myself give a letter to Yogi ji at Sankat Mochan and Yogi ji assured us of all possible help. However, we have not received any update on the matter yet. I am happy that I got an opportunity to share my ordeal with Modiji," she claimed. -- ANI

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