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The family of the Dalit woman from Uttar Pradesh, who died days after being gang-raped and tortured in Hathras, have alleged that a senior district official made them feel “pressure” by visiting them today. A 22-second video of Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Kumar speaking with the family in a courtyard …

Amid nationwide outrage following the death of a young woman who was allegedly gang-raped and brutalized by four men in UP’s Hathras leading to her death, the district judge on Thursday appeared to raise questions about the rape. The victim, in her statement to the police, had named the four …