NEW DELHI: The NCW has requested an explanation from the UP police for the alleged mistreatment of the Congress leader Priyanka gandhi Vadra while on his way to Hathras to meet the family of a woman who died after she was allegedly gang-raped.
In a tweet, the National Commission for Women said this callous behavior is totally unacceptable.
“@NCWIndia condemns the alleged mistreatment of #PriyankaGandhi by the police while addressing #Hathras. This callous behavior is totally unacceptable. Considering the sensitivity of the matter, our chairman @sharmarekha has requested a response from @dgpup as soon as possible possible. “NCW tweeted.
“A copy of the letter was also sent to @dmgbnagar and #DCP, Police Commissioner, #GautamBuddhNagar,” he said in another tweet.
The incident occurred on the Delhi-UP border when Priyanka along with other congressional leaders, including her brother Rahul Gandhi, was on their way to Hathras on Saturday afternoon to meet the family of the woman who died after she was allegedly raped in group.
There were fights between congressional workers and the Gautam Buddh Nagar police during which she was allegedly ill-treated.
In the melee, a helmeted policeman had held up the 48-year-old secretary general of Congress by her kurta at the DND toll plaza as a crowd surrounded them.
the Dalit The woman was reportedly raped in a Hathras village by four men on 14 September. After her condition deteriorated, she was referred to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, where she succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday.
She was cremated 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.
Local police officers, however, had said that the cremation was carried out “according to the wishes of the family.”
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