New Delhi:
The caste angle in the horrific killing and torture of a 20-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh was highlighted by Chandrashekar Azad’s Bhim Army with a protest outside the Delhi hospital, where she died today. The woman, a member of the cataloged castes, was attacked by men belonging to the so-called upper castes. Doctors said he had suffered terrible injuries, multiple fractures, including a broken spine, and had his tongue cut out.
The attack sparked outrage and many on social media compared it to that of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi, nicknamed Nirbhaya, in 2012.
Bhim’s army, which rose to prominence during the caste-related clashes in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is demanding punishment for its attackers, the four arrested.
The street in front of the main Institute of Medical Sciences of India is blocked and the slogans of “Phansi do (hang them) “are raised by the crowd, who have parked there with banners and candles.
What fueled the ire of the protesters are the allegations of delay in medical treatment and the presentation of the First Information Report by the police. His family has alleged that the police helped them only after public outrage.
Even in the matter of her hospitalization in Delhi, the family said that she was admitted to Safdarjung hospital, although they were promised that she would go to AIIMS.
The woman, a village resident in the Hathras district, was dragged out of the fields by her dupatta while mowing grass on September 14. She was initially admitted to a hospital in Aligarh and yesterday she was transferred to Delhi.
Doctors said injuries to her spine left her paralyzed and made it difficult even to breathe.
His four attackers were arrested and are currently in jail. Police said they will be charged with murder.
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