Up Government On Hathras Case

Most of the 116 people who died in a stampede during a 'satsang' organised in Sikandra Rao area of the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday have been identified, the Uttar Pradesh government said.

Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for challenging a high court order to relocate and provide employment to the family of the Hathras woman found dead after her alleged rape.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging an order to relocate the family members of the Hathras rape victim and consider giving a job to one of her family members.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday transferred 16 IAS officers, including Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar, under whose jurisdiction the case of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who was raped and murdered, was being handled.

The Uttar Pradesh government has been "exposed" in the Hathras rape-murder case and it will also face the same treatment in the "false cases" against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Monday.

The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that "shocking findings" have emerged in the investigation so far in the case in which Kerala-based scribe Siddique Kappan was arrested on his way to Hathras, where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped.

Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on his way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped, was going there under the garb of journalism with a very determined design to create caste divide and disturb law and order situation, the Uttar Pradesh government said in the Supreme Court today.

The wife of a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer, who was part of the SIT set up by the state government to probe the Hathras murder-gangrape case, allegedly committed suicide at their home here on Saturday, police said.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over another case of alleged rape in the state and asked how many more incidents like Hathras will take place.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh on Tuesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of trying to save the culprits in the Hathras case and demanded that the CBI inquiry be monitored by the Supreme Court.

Stepping up their attack on the Uttar Pradesh government over the Hathras gang-rape case, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused it of being insensitive and unethical, and said authorities are indulging in victim-blaming instead of putting criminals in jail.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, whose government is being shredded by the opposition over the alleged gang rape and torture of a 20-year-old in Hathras and the police handling of the case, today claimed it has a "zero tolerance" policy on crimes against women.

BSP chief Mayawati advised the UP government on Tuesday to "seriously concentrate on ensuring justice to the family of the Dalit woman" allegedly gang raped and killed in Hathras or it will become difficult to prevent heinous incidents.

Hathras victim's late-night cremation to avoid large-scale violence in morning, UP government tells Supreme Court, cites intel inputs

Terming the use of force on opposition leaders protesting against the Hathras case as "shameful", BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday advised the Adityanath government to change its "arrogant and dictatorial" attitude.

Most of the 116 people who died in a stampede during a 'satsang' organised in Sikandra Rao area of the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday have been identified, the Uttar Pradesh government said.

Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for challenging a high court order to relocate and provide employment to the family of the Hathras woman found dead after her alleged rape.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh government challenging an order to relocate the family members of the Hathras rape victim and consider giving a job to one of her family members.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday transferred 16 IAS officers, including Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar, under whose jurisdiction the case of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who was raped and murdered, was being handled.

The Uttar Pradesh government has been "exposed" in the Hathras rape-murder case and it will also face the same treatment in the "false cases" against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Monday.

The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that "shocking findings" have emerged in the investigation so far in the case in which Kerala-based scribe Siddique Kappan was arrested on his way to Hathras, where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped.

Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on his way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped, was going there under the garb of journalism with a very determined design to create caste divide and disturb law and order situation, the Uttar Pradesh government said in the Supreme Court today.

The wife of a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer, who was part of the SIT set up by the state government to probe the Hathras murder-gangrape case, allegedly committed suicide at their home here on Saturday, police said.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government over another case of alleged rape in the state and asked how many more incidents like Hathras will take place.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh on Tuesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of trying to save the culprits in the Hathras case and demanded that the CBI inquiry be monitored by the Supreme Court.

Stepping up their attack on the Uttar Pradesh government over the Hathras gang-rape case, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused it of being insensitive and unethical, and said authorities are indulging in victim-blaming instead of putting criminals in jail.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, whose government is being shredded by the opposition over the alleged gang rape and torture of a 20-year-old in Hathras and the police handling of the case, today claimed it has a "zero tolerance" policy on crimes against women.

BSP chief Mayawati advised the UP government on Tuesday to "seriously concentrate on ensuring justice to the family of the Dalit woman" allegedly gang raped and killed in Hathras or it will become difficult to prevent heinous incidents.

Hathras victim's late-night cremation to avoid large-scale violence in morning, UP government tells Supreme Court, cites intel inputs

Terming the use of force on opposition leaders protesting against the Hathras case as "shameful", BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday advised the Adityanath government to change its "arrogant and dictatorial" attitude.