Tag: Hathras Case

New Delhi: “Is it a crime to be a daughter of a poor family?” asked Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi in a video statement on the Hathras gangrape. She alleged that the issue was sought to be hushed up while referring to the victim as “Hathras’ Nirbhaya”. “I want to say that Hathras’ Nirbhaya did […]

Greater Noida: High drama prevailed on Thursday after Uttar Pradesh Police personnel pushed former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on the ground on the Yamuna Expressway and detained him, while he was walking towards Hathras to meet the family of the rape victim. Gandhi, along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior leaders had […]

Hathras (Uttar Pradesh): Tempers ran high in Hathras on Friday after the district administration banned the entry of the media in Boolgarhi village where the Hathras assault victim lived. A heavy deployment of police was made around the village on Friday and even the movement of locals was restricted. Policemen were seen standing even in […]

Lucknow: In a major decision, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday suspended Superintendent of Police, Hathras, Vikrant Veer and four other local policemen for alleged dereliction of duty in the events that led to the death of a 19-year-old woman and then her hasty cremation in the dead of the night in absence of […]

New Delhi: The Congress will hold a ‘satyagraha’ across the country on October 5 to protest the alleged high-handedness shown by Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath government towards top Congress leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi as they were proceeding on Thursday to Hathras to meet the family of the gang-rape and murder victim. General Secretary, Organisation, […]

Varanasi: During a visit to Varanasi on Saturday, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani described the incident in Hathras as painful. “Chief Minister Yogi will do justice in this matter. But Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka going to Hathras is just playing politics.” Irani says she is confident that the […]

New Delhi: In a dramatic twist following massive police arrangements and traffic chaos, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with three other party leaders, were on Saturday allowed to meet the family of the 19-year-old Hathras girl who died four days ago after being allegedly gang-raped by ‘upper-caste men’. Succeeding […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday recommended a CBI probe into the Hathras gang-rape incident. The decision came after a high-level meeting of the concerned officials. “For intensive investigation of the unfortunate incident at Hathras and all connected issues, this case is being recommended by @UPGovt to be probed by the Central […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday termed the Hathras incident horrible, shocking and extraordinary as it sought an affidavit from the Uttar Pradesh government on three aspects: how the family and witnesses are being protected; has the family chosen a lawyer to assist them in the matter and what is the scope of the […]

Hathras (UP): The Yogi Adityanath government has deployed round-the-clock security outside the house of the Hathras victim. The family sought security from the government. Hathras Superintendent of Police Vineet Jaiswal said that two women sub-inspectors and six women constables have been stationed at the victim’s house. “Two security personnel have been deployed for the security […]

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday said it had registered a case and taken over the investigation of the Hathras gang rape-murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman. The CBI registered the case on a complaint of the victim’s brother who alleged that an accused had tried to strangulate her sister in […]

Lucknow: Hathras district magistrate Parveen Kumar Laxar has owned full responsibility for the decision related to holding the cremation of the 19-year-old victim in the night. Laxar pleaded that cremation had been done in the dead of the night because they had received intelligence inputs that some vested interests could try to provoke caste violence. […]

New Delhi: A CBI team on Tuesday visited the spot in Hathras where a 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped on September 14, officials said. The team called the victim’s brother to identify the place and directed the local police to cordon off the crime scene, nearly a month after the woman was allegedly raped […]

Hathras (UP): Members of the CBI team probing the Hathras rape and murder incident picked up a shirt that had “red stains” during a search operation carried out in the house of Luv Kush Sikarwar, one of the accused. While the sleuths took away the shirt for forensic examination saying it could be “blood”, the […]

Hathras: In a major development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the Hathras case in which a Dalit girl was allegedly gang raped and later died of injuries, has found that one of the four accused, is a minor according to his school records. According to the mother of the minor accused, the CBI […]