Nand Kishor Gurjar, a lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday called on Governor Anandiben Patel to take action against officials, who he said had denied the family of the Hathras gang rape victim the right to perform their last rites. Gurjar, who represents the Loni assembly …
Read More »Key Witness Appears in Balrampur Gang Rape Case, 2 Arrested
A key witness has come to light in the case of the alleged gang rape of a 22-year-old Dalit woman from Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh, who later succumbed to her injuries. He is a local doctor, whom the two defendants first called to treat the victim in a room …
Read More »Minor raped in Uttar Pradesh village of Azamgarh, defendant arrested – lucknow
An eight-year-old girl in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh was allegedly raped by her 20-year-old neighbor in a village in the area of the Jiyanpur police station on Wednesday, police said, adding that the defendant has been arrested. The accused was well known to the family of the survivor …
Read More »BJP deputy Hans Raj Hans writes to Yogi Adityanath to catch guilty policemen in the cremation of Hathras
Hathras case: BJP MP has written to Yogi Adityanath to take “strict measures” Highlight The officers had allegedly cremated the woman without the consent of her family. The woman had multiple fractures, paralysis and a cut on her tongue. The horrific assault drew parallels to the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape …
Read More »Hathras Gangrape, symbolic cremation of caste violence, anarchy in UP: left-wing parties
Police officers cremated the victim’s body at around 3 a.m. while his family members were at home. The Politburo of the CPI (M) alleged that under the BJP rule, patronage of reactionary and caste forces was leading to a large increase in crimes against Dalits and women. PTI Last update: …
Read More »Yogi Adityanath talks to family of gang rape victim via video call
Yogi Adityanath spoke with the victim’s family via video link. Facing national anger over the gang rape and killing of a woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras and the way the police cremated her in the middle of the night against her family’s wishes, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke to the …
Read More »Hathras gangrape: Yogi Adityanath forms SIT, fast track court to hear the case
By: Express News Service | Lucknow | Updated: September 30, 2020 4:00:28 pm UP Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath set up a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday to investigate the Hathras gangrape. (Proceedings) One day after the 19-year-old Dalit woman, who was allegedly raped and murdered by four upper …
Read More »Hathras case: Kangana Ranaut expresses ‘immense faith’ in UP CM
Actress Kangana Ranaut expressed her “immense faith” in Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, and said on Wednesday that she wants Hathras rapists to be executed in the same way that Priyanka Reddy rapists were punished. He took to Twitter to give his opinion on the case and said that …
Read More »LIVE updates on Hathras gang rape case: Protesters block roads and main market; CM Yogi Forms SIT When Prime Minister Modi Brands It Amid National Outrage
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 …
Read More »Hathras gangrape: Supposedly the relatives of the victim were denied the right to perform the last rites, Congress demands the resignation of UP CM | India News
NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday slammed the BJP Government in Uttar Pradesh because the family of gang rape victim Hathras was denied the right to perform their last rites, with the party leader Priyanka gandhi Vadra demanding prime minister Yogi Adityanathresignation. The body of the 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died …
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