Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday heavily criticised the Adityanath-led dispensation in Uttar Pradesh over the gangrape and tort...
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday heavily criticised the Adityanath-led dispensation in Uttar Pradesh over the gangrape and torture of a Dalit woman in Hathras, and said she was “killed by a ruthless government”, which is now trying to cover up the matter.
Four upper-caste men gangraped and tortured the 19-year-old Dalit woman near their village in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh a fortnight ago, causing her severe injuries, including multiple fractures. The woman had been initially admitted to the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital at the Aligarh Muslim University, but was moved to the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Monday. She died on Tuesday morning. The four men have been arrested.
On Wednesday, the Uttar Pradesh Police did not let the woman’s family see her body, locked them up in their home, and cremated her body around 3 am. Videos on social media showed the family arguing with policemen and weeping as the police insisted on cremating the body without allowing them to take the body home.
“There was an attempt to hush up the matter,” Gandhi said in a video posted on the Congress’ official Twitter handle. “The girl was not given timely treatment and a daughter is now no longer...
