New Delhi: It is the Uttar Pradesh government's responsibility to protect the family of the alleged gang rape victim, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after meeting with the family in Hathras. Mr Gandhi, along with party general secretary and sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, spoke with the family of the 20-year-old Dalit woman who died in Delhi after allegedly being gang raped and tortured in Hathras. The woman's body was then cremated in the dead of night by the police in a secretive ceremony.
"Wherever something wrong happens, we will be there to ensure justice is served. No one can stop us," Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said.
Congress leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury KC Venugopal also accompanied Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to Hathras.
The Uttar Pradesh government had previously insisted that large gatherings - such as those of the Congress delegation - were not allowed in line with Covid management guidelines. These orders prohibit people from travelling in groups of more than five.
This was the Congress leaders' second attempt to reach Hathras - the first, on Thursday, ended in a tussle with cops who refused to let Mr Gandhi pass, citing orders banning large gatherings amid coronavirus concerns, and shoved him to the ground in the chaos that followed.
Here are the Highlights on Hathras case:
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Oct 03, 2020 22:41 (IST)
We did not demand CBI inquiry in the case as SIT investigation is already underway: Hathras victim's brother
We did not demand CBI inquiry in the case as SIT investigation is already underway, said the brother of the victim of Hathras case on CBI probe ordered by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Oct 03, 2020 22:01 (IST)
"We will continue this fight": Priyanka Gandhi after meeting Hathras victim's family
"The family couldn't see their daughter for the one last time. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should understand his responsibility. Till the time justice is delivered, we'll continue this fight," said Congress's Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after meeting family of the alleged gang rape victim in Hathras.
Oct 03, 2020 21:40 (IST)
Local administration took decision to cremate Hathras victim''s body: UP Official
The decision to cremate the 19-year-old Hathras victim who died on Tuesday, a fortnight after she was allegedly gang-raped by four men, was taken by the local administration, said Uttar Pradesh DGP HC Awasthy on Saturday.
Awasthy was commenting on the allegations that Uttar Pradesh Police forcibly cremated the victim without the consent of her family.
"I can't comment on it. The decision was taken at the local administration level," DGP HC Awasthy told ANI.
Earlier in the day, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avnish Awasthi and DGP HC Awasthy met the family of victim.
Oct 03, 2020 20:29 (IST)
"UP Government's Responsibility To Protect Victim's Family": Rahul Gandhi
"UP Government's Responsibility To Protect Victim's Family. Wherever something wrong happens, we will be there to ensure justice is served. No one can stop us," said Rahul Gandhi after meeting the Hathras victim's family.
Oct 03, 2020 19:02 (IST)
Case against Samajwadi Party workers for protesting against Hathras incident: Police
Samajwadi Party workers, including its youth wing vice president Gaurav Jain and district media in-charge Sajid Hasan, were booked for violation of prohibitory orders in Civil Lines area here, police said on Saturday.
They demonstrated and burned an effigy representing the Uttar Pradesh government in protest against the death of a Dalit woman from Hathras on Friday evening, SHO D K Tyagi said.
The 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped at a village in Hathras by four men on September 14. After her condition deteriorated, she was referred to the Delhi's Safdarjung hospital where she breathed her last on Tuesday.
Oct 03, 2020 18:45 (IST)
SIT will look into all issues raised by victim's family members: UP official
The SIT will look into all issues raised by the family of the 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras, and the strictest action will be taken against the culprits, Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Awasthi, said on Saturday after meeting the victim's family.
A decision has also been taken for providing security permanently in the village, the senior officer, who along with DGP H C Awasthy rushed to meet the victim's family on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, said.
He said orders for the suspension of police personnel, including the Superintendent of Police and the Circle Officer of the area, were issued on Friday within two hours of receiving the first report from the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
Oct 03, 2020 17:53 (IST)
Don't do politics on Dalit atrocities: Union Minister on Hathras case
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Saturday said there should not be any politics in the name of atrocities on Dalits which he claimed to have been going on during successive governments in Uttar Pradesh.
"What has happened in Hathras is most terrible. The incident of rape on a Dalit girl is a very serious issue," he said.
Mr Athawale, who said he will be meeting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, stated, "On the Hathras case, I have to say that there should not be politics in the name of atrocities on Dalits. It is not right to propagate about atrocities on Dalits during Yogi government."
"It is right that atrocities are taking place but it had been so during the Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati and Akhilesh (Yadav) governments also," he added.