Up Officials Meet Hathras Victim Family

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.

The Director-General of Uttar Pradesh Police, HC Awasthy, is in Hathras today amid controversy over the local administration's handling of the alleged gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman last month.

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.

The Director-General of Uttar Pradesh Police, HC Awasthy, is in Hathras today amid controversy over the local administration's handling of the alleged gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman last month.