Hathras DM threatens the victim’s family
Key points
- A video shows Hathras DM threatening the victim’s relatives saying that they will have to deal with the district administration after the media leaves the village.
- Meanwhile, UP ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said that the now deceased girl was not sexually assaulted by the four defendants.
Lucknow: Amid national outrage over the alleged gang rape and death of a Dalit teenage girl from UP’s Hathras, a shocking video has surfaced on social media showing the Hathras district magistrate secretly threatening the victim’s relatives .
Hathras DM threatens the victim’s relatives
The video allegedly shows Hathras DM Praveen Kumar Laxkar saying: “Half of the media has left today, the other half will leave tomorrow. Only we will be with you. It is your wish whether you want to change your statement or not.”
In another video, a female member of the victim’s family can be heard sobbing say: “They have made random videos of the mother’s statements. We talked about everything that occurred to us after the incident … Now we don’t They will let us live here … (The DM) says we are not trustworthy, that we are changing our statement. He is pressuring us. “
The Hathras police and the district administration are coming under fire for their clumsy handling of the case. Local police officials allegedly cremated the victim’s body early Wednesday morning despite protests from family members. Furthermore, journalists were prevented from entering the village when the three-member SIT investigating the case visited the victim’s home on Thursday afternoon. The DM cited “privacy” and “spread of COVID-19” as the reason behind this action by the district administration. He said: “The media is not allowed access to the scene of the incident because the crime scene investigation requires privacy. The SIT was there all day today. There is no ‘special’ reason why it is not allowed. to the media.. “
Meanwhile, the Lucknow court of the Allahabad High Court has learned of the incident. The court has requested a response regarding the incident from ACS Home, DGP, ADG Law and Order, and Hathras DM and SP by October 12.
The victim was not raped, says UP ADG
UP ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar, citing a report from the forensic science laboratory (FSL), claimed that the victim was not sexually assaulted. “The FSL report has also arrived. It clearly says that the samples did not have sperm. Make it clear that there was no rape or gang rape, ”he said, adding that he died from a neck injury and the resulting trauma. because of that.
Political storm over Hathras gang rape incident
The case, which is a replica of the horrors of the Nirbhaya affair, has also caused a political storm, with Congress and other anti-BJP parties criticizing the BJP government in UP for failing to maintain law and order in the state.
On Thursday afternoon, UP police personnel pushed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to the ground near the Yamuna Highway and detained him and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, as they walked towards Hathras to meet with the family of the victim.
