Agra, April 17 -- Targeting the BJP-led state government over the deteriorating law and order situation, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) chief Ajay Rai said in Kasganj on Wednesday that 'jungle raj' prevails in the state due to the rising crime rate. Rai met the family members of a teenage gang rape victim in Kasaganj during his visit.

He strongly condemned the incident of a teenage girl being gang raped in broad daylight in Kasganj on April 10.

Adding further about the law and order in the state, Rai said, "There was a gang rape case in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where 23 accused raped a girl for a week. The Prime Minister himself had to intervene and direct police officials to tak...