Hathras rape case: A family member has shown symptoms of Covid, he said.
New Delhi:
A team of medical experts visiting the family of a 20-year-old woman who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh was unable to perform a medical examination on a family member who reportedly had related symptoms. with Covid, a doctor who was part of the team, he said. All family members refused to undergo Covid testing, he added.
The team had visited the family in Hathras after receiving a complaint that the family member had symptoms of COVID-19, including a cough and fever, it said.
“We had received information that the relative had a fever and a cough. As they are receiving many visits, we decided to visit them and do their Covid tests, but the family refused,” added the official.
A large number of policemen, journalists and political leaders who visited Hathras tested positive for coronavirus.
Many politicians, including Congressional leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, visited the 20-year-old woman’s family in their village in the Bulgarhi area after the alleged gang rape and murder case came to light.
The Dalit woman, who was allegedly gang-raped and brutally assaulted on 14 September, died of her injuries two weeks later in a Delhi hospital.
The handling of the incident by Uttar Pradesh police, which included an evening funeral allegedly without the family’s consent, has sparked a massive political storm.
The state government has already recommended a CBI investigation into the matter and, citing reports from the Forensic Sciences Laboratory, has denied the rape charges.
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