New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh‘s Hathras, on September 14, 2020 died on Tuesday morning, at Safdarjung hospital where she was admitted for better care. A Safdarjung official said. The woman was raped allegedly by four men in her village on September 14 when she went to a farm.
Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Lakshkar on Tuesday refuted media reports of Hathras gang-rape victim’s tongue being chopped off.He informed that all the four accused involved in September 14 gang-rape have been arrested.
“All four accused have been arrested. Under the SC/ST Act, her family has been given the financial support of Rs 10 lakh, in total. Reports of her tongue being chopped off are not true,” the DM said.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the Uttar Pradesh government and said that law and order in UP have deteriorated to a great extent. “A Dalit girl who was brutalised in Hathras succumbed at Safdarjung Hospital. For two weeks, she struggled with life and death in hospitals. Incidents of rape in Hathras, Shahjahanpur and Gorakhpur have rocked the state,” the Congress leader tweeted. “Law and order in UP have deteriorated to a great extent. There is nothing for the safety of women. The criminals are committing crimes openly. The killers of this girl should be punished severely. Yogi Adityanath, you are answerable for the safety of women of UP,” she said in another tweet.
UP opposition parties demand quick justice to Hathras victim in fast-track court
Targeting the Uttar Pradesh government following the death of the 19-year-old Hathras gang-rape victim at Safdarjung hospital in Delhi on Tuesday morning, the opposition parties in the state demanded prosecution of the four culprits in a fast-track court.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati tweeted in Hindi, “The news of the death of the Dalit girl after gangrape in Hathras, UP, is very sad. The government should provide all possible help to the victim’s family and ensure quick punishment to the culprits by prosecuting them in a fast-track court…”
Offering condolences to the bereaved family, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav tweeted, “There is no expectation from today’s insensitive power.” Another leader from his party, Sunil Yadav, too blamed the state government. “The unfortunate incident in Hathras has once again exposed and shamed the UP government. The victim’s tongue was cut off and her spinal cord was broken, but the Yogi (Adityanath) government filed a mere case of eve-teasing. It was only after the case got into the limelight, the UP Police filed a proper case of gang-rape,” he said.
Congress leader Pramod Tiwari reiterated: “The Hathras gang-rape is unfortunate and the barbaric nature of the incident makes us feel shameful. Even Nirbhaya would be ashamed today. The victim’s only fault was that she lived in a state ruled by the BJP.”
Need to change mindset of society to control such incidents: Rekha Sharma on Hathras gang-rape
In order to control incidents like Hathras gang-rape, we need to change the mindset of the society, Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, National Commission for Women (NCW) said on Tuesday. She expressed grief over the death of the victim and assured help to her family.
“When this incident came to light, suo moto cognizance was taken. Unfortunately, the victim passed away. We will be there to help her family. To control such incidents we need to change the mindset of the society,” Sharma told ANI.
UP’s ‘class-specific jungle raj’ killed Hathras rape victim: Rahul Gandhi
After a 19-year-old woman, who was gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, died while receiving treatment at a hospital in the national capital, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lambasted the Uttar Pradesh government stating that the death of the woman is a result of the “class-specific jungle raj” in the state. Blaming the Uttar Pradesh government for the victim’s death, the Wayanad MP targeted the state government for initially dismissing the rape incident as ‘fake news’.
“The ‘class-specific’ jungle raj of Uttar Pradesh killed another young woman. The government called that this is fake news and left the victim to die. Neither this unfortunate incident was fake, nor the death of the victim nor the brutality of the government,” Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on Twitter.
Earlier in the day, Delhi Mahila Congress workers staged a protest near Rajpath. Later they were detained by the Delhi police. (ANI)
