Hathras rape-murder case: UP Court acquits 3 of four accused; rape charges dropped
March 02, 2023 16:43 ISTThe court announced that out of the four accused, Sandeep, Ravi, Luv Kush and Ramu, only Sandeep has been held guilty of the crime.
The court announced that out of the four accused, Sandeep, Ravi, Luv Kush and Ramu, only Sandeep has been held guilty of the crime.
In an affidavit filed in compliance with apex court directions on October 6, the state's affidavit provided details of the security arrangements made for the family.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kuldeep Kumar has been booked under the Epidemic Act. He had gone to meet the Hathras case victim on October 4 just days after he tested positive for Covid-19.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday slammed politicisation of the alleged Hathras rape and murder case. Smelling conspiracies in the case, Adityanath called for recognising those who are doing politics on the death of the 19-year-old Dalit victim.
While the Ahmedabad Municipal Servants' Association (AMSA), the apex body of sanitation workers in the city, claimed their one-day "strike" to be successful, a senior civic official said that normal work was not affected.
Hours after the dust had settled in the fields and political parties had departed, the family of the Hathras victim decided that they will not immerse the ashes of their daughter unless it is confirmed that it was she, who had been cremated in the dead of the night by the police.
The agitation and protests against the Uttar Pradesh administration over handling of the Hathras gangrape and murder case continued on Sunday. Though Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has already recommended a CBI probe into the case, on Sunday said that the opposition was indulging in a conspiracy to incite caste-driven communal riots in the state.
The gangrape, murder and hurried cremation of a 19-year-old Dalit girl has sparked a political slugfest in India, with many political leaders making a beeline to the victim's village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras but to no avail. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was stopped by the police at Yamuna expressway while he was enroute to Hathras on Thursday, will yet again make an attempt today.
Hathras victim's brother has alleged that his family was being closely watched in the garb of security. Speaking to India TV, he said that scores of police personnel were guarding their house, with many barging inside the premises anytime.
Upset with the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh and her forcible cremation subsequently, a Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday summoned top government officials to the court.
The postmortem report of the 20-year-old Dalit woman, who was gangraped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, has revealed chilling details of the treatment meted out to her. The girl suffered a fracture in her neck as a result of repeated strangulation.
The last rites of Hathras gangrape victim were performed with the consent of her family and strict action will be taken against the guilty in the case, Uttar Pradesh ADG Prashant Kumar said on Wednesday.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday spoke to Hathras gangrape victim's father and assured the harshest punishment for the accused, who led 19-year-old girl loses her life after the heinous crime.
The 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died in a Delhi hospital a fortnight after she was gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, was cremated in the early hours of Wednesday, with her family alleging the local police forced them to conduct the last rites in the dead of the night.
The family of the 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died in a Delhi hospital a fortnight after she was gang-raped here, alleged on Wednesday that the police were forcibly trying to get her body cremated in the middle of the night.
The woman was raped in a village in Hathras by four men on September 14. After her condition deteriorated, she was referred to Delhi's Safdarjung hospital where she breathed her last on Tuesday.
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