The woman’s body was cremated here in the early hours of Wednesday, and her family alleged that local police forced them to perform the last rites in the dead of night.
The family left Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Tuesday night amid heavy police deployment. The body was seized by the Uttar Pradesh police, who arrived in Hathras before family members, claiming to be relatives of the victim. “The cremation took place around 2.30 am – 3 am,” the deceased’s father told PTI on Wednesday morning.
In the moments leading up to the cremation, a brother of the woman told PTI: “The police forcibly took the body, and my father along with them for cremation. When my father arrived in Hathras, the police took him away. immediately (to the crematorium).. “
Another relative said that the woman’s father was accompanied by 30 to 40 people, mainly relatives and others from his neighborhood, to the crematorium near the village of Bool Garhi, below the limits of the Chandpa police station, in the western district of Uttar Pradesh.
Senior police and administration officials were also present at the crematorium in the middle of the night, an official said. According to alleged images from the site that appeared on social media, some of the police officers were wearing riot gear with riot gear and helmets.
“We cannot understand what they want … what policy is this, they are giving random statements such as that the woman has not been raped! We do not know what they want,” said the relative who was at home. with the grieving family. “They are doing all this to silence the case.”
When contacted, Hathras Police Superintendent Vikrant Vir told PTI in a text message: “All procedures as desired by the family (sic).
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