The video demonstrates the total fearlessness and impunity.
Hathras / New Delhi:
In the village in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh of a young Dalit who died days after a savage assault and alleged gang rape, upper caste men defending the four men arrested for the crime stand in front of the camera shouting threats as Bhim’s army chief Chandrashekhar Azad was visiting the victim’s family. on Sunday. The videos that have appeared online demonstrate the utter fearlessness and impunity with which the men are issuing threats in the presence of dozens of police officers.
After the visit of the Bhim Army leader, the UP police brought a case against Chandrashekhar Azad and 400 other people, accusing them of violating the ban on large gatherings in the area. But no action has been taken against some 500 men who rallied in support of those accused of gang rape; some of them openly warn Mr. Azad in videos that go viral online.
“The meetings are held openly to support the Hathras suspects. The victim’s family is at risk,” Azad said today, demanding special security for the woman’s family. The family has reported threats and intimidation since the woman’s death last Tuesday revived national attention on the incident.
The village’s upper caste men, who held meetings of the “Rashtriya Savarn (Upper Caste) Parishad”, have accused the woman and her family of falsely blaming the four men who were arrested after her statement. They are also supporting a CBI investigation, which has been recommended by the Yogi Adityanath state government.
“You have no faith in the CBI?” He (Chandrashekhar) does not trust the CBI, he has come here to do politics. Just let us see it once and then we’ll make sure it does (trust the CBI), “yells a man in one of the videos, surrounded by cops just watching him.
“Thakurs are born to resist blows … Sal, your older brothers are here to meet you,” continues the man, apparently to attract the leader of the Bhim Army. Police are seen trying to reason with him. One of the men accused of assaulting the 20-year-old woman has the same name as her brother. The men alleged that her brother had killed her and that the other man had been framed. “Who says she was raped,” they said.
The Uttar Pradesh police have disputed the woman’s statement that she was gang-raped and have cited a report from a forensic laboratory in Agra as evidence. But experts question the report, saying it was based on samples taken 11 days after the crime.
The woman was attacked in the field on September 14 by men who allegedly tortured her and tried to strangle her with their dupatta. She was left with critical injuries, fractures, a spinal injury, and breathing difficulties due to a broken neck. Police claimed that a deep cut formed on her tongue when she bit her while being strangled. The incident took a caste turn because the woman was a Dalit and her alleged attackers are from the powerful Thakur community.
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