One of the relatives of the victim of the Hathras gang rape said on Friday that the family was prevented from speaking to the media as the administration imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPc) in the village of Bul Gargi located in Uttar Pradesh. Hathras. Section 144 prohibits the gathering of more than four people.
The 19-year-old girl was gang-raped by four men on September 14 and died at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Tuesday. The victim’s relatives alleged that the policemen performed the last rites in the early hours of Wednesday without informing the relatives. The Hathras police, however, maintain that the cremation took place after the family’s approval.
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According to the ANI news agency, a minor from the victim’s family was sent on Tuesday morning by the family to communicate with the media and was instructed to connect with them.
“They have taken the phone. My family sent me here to call the media to speak. I ducked down and came across the field. They do not let us out or allow the media to enter. They also threaten us, ”the minor told the agency.
While he was speaking to the media, a policeman arrived and fled the scene. A verbal dispute broke out between the police officer and the media representatives.
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The Uttar Pradesh Congress in a tweet said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has banned the media from entering the village as he has presented some important facts from the ground in front of the entire country.
(With ANI inputs)
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