Tag: Hathras Gang Rape Case

Lucknow: Amid an uproar over the cremation of the body of a Dalit gang-rape victim early on Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke to the 19-year-old woman’s father in Hathras district and offered his condolences. He also announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the bereaved family, apart from a job to […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar/UP: Moments after senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other party workers were detained in Greater Noida on Thursday on charges of violation of prohibitory orders while on way to Hathras to meet the family of ‘gang rape’ victim, protests erupted in several parts of Odisha over alleged high handedness of police […]

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 […]

Lucknow/Hathras: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday evening met the family of the Hathras victim, declaring they will fight for justice to the Dalit woman who died after being allegedly gang-raped. We will fight against injustice, and fight till justice is done, Priyanka Gandhi told reporters after the meeting that lasted […]

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 […]