Hathras rape case Live Updates: Derek O’Brien, other TMC MPs stopped at Hathras border; Bhim Army chief to protest at India Gate today
Hathras rape case Live news Updates: Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad has called for a protest at Delhi's India Gate. Hoeever, the Delhi Police has said that no gathering is allowed around India Gate due to the imposition of Section 144 CrPC.
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Hathras rape case Live news Updates: A delegation of Trinamool MPs, including Derek O’ Brien, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Pratima Mondal and Mamata Thakur, was stopped by the Uttar Pradesh Police from entering Hathras, where a 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped two weeks ago and later died in a Delhi hospital, triggering nationwide outrage. Derek O’ Brien was also shoved by a Joint Magistrate when he got into an argument with the cops. The MPs had travelled about 200 kms from Delhi and were reportedly stopped around two km from the victim’s house.
This comes a day after Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were detained by the UP Police while they were on their way to Hathras.
Meanwhile, Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad has called for a protest at Delhi’s India Gate even as the police have said that no gathering is allowed there due to the imposition of Section 144 of the CrPC. However, the police said a gathering of up to 100 people is permissible at Jantar Mantar but after prior permission from a competent authority.
On Thursday, the Allahabad High Court had taken suo motu cognizance of the alleged gangrape and fatal assault and of the Dalit woman, in Hathras and her hurried cremation, while directing senior officials of state government and police, including district administration, to be present at the next hearing on October 12. The court has summoned UP Additional Chief Secretary, Police chief, Additional Director General of Police, Hathras District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police in the case.
In Maharashtra, meanwhile, Congress workers held a demonstration over the detention of the Gandhis and demanded dismissal of the Yogi Adityanath government. Other Opposition leaders also came down heavily on the UP government. While NCP chief Pawar called the “reckless behaviour” of UP Police towards Rahul Gandhi “extremely condemnable”, DMK president M K Stalin demanded that UP CM Adityanath apologise for the “inhumane treatment” meted out to Gandhi. Rahul alleged that the police lathicharged and pushed him to the ground.
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On Wednesday, following a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath formed a three-member SIT to investigate the incident and asked it to submit a report within seven days. Facing protests and widespread outrage, the state also said it would set up a fast track court to hear the case. Besides, it announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh for the victim’s family, a government job for a family member, and a house in Hathras city under the State Urban Development Agency.
The Opposition parties, including the Congress, SP, BSP, and AAP, have targeted the government for the alleged “forced cremation” of the victim.
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The body of the victim was cremated a little after 3 am Wednesday — with her family saying police had forcibly performed the last rites late at night even though they wanted to bring her body home one last time.
The victim was initially admitted to a district hospital 15 days ago with her tongue cut off and spinal cord severely injured, among other serious injuries. She was later shifted to Aligarh hospital for treatment, before moving to Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital. The police said the victim had been dragged into a field and gangraped. She had also been strangled with her dupatta.
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The National Commission for Women Thursday asked the Uttar Pradesh Police to explain its “urgency” in cremating the body of the Hathras gang rape victim.
The police had brought the body from Safdarjug Hospital in the National Capital to her village 200 km away, before burning it in the dead of the night.
The victim’s family said the police did not allow them to perform the final rites at their home, besides keeping them away during the cremation.
Surat District Lady Advocate Active Committee Members (SDLAACM) has handed over a memorandum to Surat district collector, on Thursday, seeking CBI probe into the alleged gang-rape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman by four upper caste men in UP’s Hathras, and her death.
The advocates’ body also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take actions against UP government and police, and that the case should be heard in a fast track court, and the accused be hanged to death.
The woman died at 6.55 am on Tuesday at Safdarjung Hospital, where she had been shifted from Aligarh on Monday night as her condition had deteriorated.
West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee strongly condemned the manhandling of Congress MP and former party president Rahul Gandhi by Uttar Pradesh Police on Yamuna Expressway on Thursday and said law and order situation in the country has reached an all-time low.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were stopped by police in Greater Noida while they were marching towards UP’s Hathras to meet the family of a 19-year-old Dalit girl who was gangraped and who later died on Tuesday. Both Rahul and Priyanka were later released.
“A woman was raped and murdered brutally in Uttar Pradesh and the Yogi Adityanath government is busy suppressing facts and shielding the real culprits. The body of the victim was secretly cremated without the family’s consent. Today, protests have erupted in the country against this. Our party leader Rahul ji and Priyanka ji were going to meet the family members to express their solidarity. However, the police in a cowardly act not only stopped them but also attacked them. We wholeheartedly condemn this and there will be protests across the state against this,” said senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition Abdul Mannan.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that she was at a loss of words to denounce the “barbaric and shameful” gangrape of a 19-year-old girl at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. The victim died at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Tuesday.
“Have no words to condemn the barbaric & shameful incident at Hathras involving a young Dalit girl. My deepest condolences to the family. More shameful is the forceful cremation without the family’s presence or consent, exposing those who use slogans & lofty promises for votes,” tweeted the CM who is on a three-day trip in north Bengal to hold administrative review meetings.
Later, Banerjee stepped up her attack in Jalpaiguri where she inaugurated the “Pathasree” project, under which 12,000-km road will be built and maintenance of existing roads across the state will be carried out.
TMC MP Pratima Mondal says, "We were sent by Mamata Banerjee to meet the family of the alleged rape victim to offer our condolences. Though we introduced ourselves, we weren't allowed to meet them and were pushed by the police. If they can't respect a woman lawmaker, imagine the condition of commoners."
Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad took to Twitter to say that he will visit India Gate at 5 PM today to protest against the Hathras incident. "Why is PM Modi silent on Hathras' incident? Doesn't the PM know that the UP, because of which, he has reached the House for the second time, the same UP has Hathras as well? Why is he silent on our sister being burned like garbage? We are coming to India Gate at 5 pm today to demand answers to all these questions," he tweeted.
A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs was Friday stopped from entering Hathrasdistrict in Uttar Pradesh, where they had gone to meet the family of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gangraped and assaulted by upper caste men on September 14 and succumbed to her injuries on September 29.
The party claimed the MPs — Derek O’Brien, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Pratima Mondal and Mamata Thakur — had been stopped by the Uttar Pradesh police 1.5 kilometres away from the victim’s village. They were hoping to “express solidarity with the grieving family and convey their condolences”, the party said.
“We are peacefully proceeding to Hathras to meet the family and pay our condolences. We are traveling individually and maintaining all protocols. We are not armed. Why are we stopped? What kind of jungle raj is this that elected MPs are prevented from meeting a grieving family,” asked one of the MPs.
TMC MP Mamata Thakur says, "We were going to meet her family but there were not allowing us. When we insisted, the women Police personnel pulled at our blouses and lathi-charged at our MP Pratima Mondal. She fell down. The male Police officers touched her. This is shameful."
TMC delegation being roughed up by Uttar Pradesh Police at Hathras border. The delegation, including Derek O'Brien, was on the way to meet the family of the victim of the Hathras incident.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut says, "Rahul Gandhi is a national political leader. We may have differences with Congress but nobody can support Police's behaviour with him...His collar was caught & he was pushed to the ground, in a way it's gangrape of the country's democracy."
NCP leader Supriya Sule said, "I think UP government wants to hide something. What happened with Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi and Congress workers, and the kind of statements by DM and others, prove that the UP government wants to hide something."
"Three rape cases in UP came to the fore in two days. State's Home Minister and CM haven't spoken anything. I request PM that there should be a detailed inquiry. If the Yogi government is unable to work for women safety in the state, then they should resign," Sule added.
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One of the MPs who we’re stopped said, "We are peacefully proceeding to Hathras to meet the family and pay our condolences. We are traveling individually and maintaining all protocols. We are not armed. Why are we stopped? What kind of jungle raj is this that elected MPs are prevented from meeting a grieving family. At this moment, we are just 1.5 kms from the victim's home in Hathras, explaining to police officials that we will walk the 1.5kms to the victim's house in Hathras."
A delegation of Trinamool MPs have been stopped by UP Police from entering Hathras. The delegation had traveled about 200kms from Delhi. The Trinamool MPs were on their way to the village in Hathras, traveling separately, to express solidarity with the grieving family and convey their condolences. The MPs are: Derek O'Brien, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Pratima Mondal and Mamata Thakur (Ex-MP)
Amid the widespread outrage over the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras and her forcible cremation subsequently, scores of Ghaziabad lawyers on Thursday demanded imposition of President Rule in Uttar Pradesh. The lawyers demanded the dismissal of the Yogi Adityanath government and imposition of President Rule, saying that the gang-rape of a Dalit woman and her brutalization amid a spate of crime against women in Uttar Pradesh has tarnished the image of the country and would flatten its progress graph.
The lawyers sought imposition of President Rule in a memorandum addressed to President Ram Nath Kovind that they gave to District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey. The agitating lawyers reached the district collectorate in a march from Civil Court under the banner of Adhivakta Sangharsh Samiti. During the march, the lawyers raised anti-government slogans and burnt effigies of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, accusing him of having failed in controlling the ?soaring? crime graph against women in the state. (PTI)
Instead of asking why Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have not visited Baran in Rajasthan, where two girls were allegedly raped, senior BJP leaders should go to the district themselves to know the ground reality, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Friday. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were on Thursday arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police after they were stopped from marching towards Hathras to meet the family of a Dalit woman who was allegedly raped by four men on September 14.
Gehlot claimed that the Uttar Pradesh government wanted to hide things as the opposition leaders were prevented from going to Hathras. "Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi trust our words and reports. Why don't the senior BJP leaders like Amit Shah or Dharmendra Pradhan visit Baran or anywhere in the state to know what actually is the ground reality. We will allow them and if required, police protection will be given to BJP leaders," Gehlot told PTI.
Today, as we stand shaken and humiliated by the brazen inhumanity perpetrated on the most vulnerable of Indians in complete violation of the rule of law, we hope that our judiciary will exercise its immense constitutional power to lead and supervise a free, fair and speedy investigation into the heinous allegation of brutal rape and the completely illegal forced cremation and illegal detention by the UP police. All Indians today need to be reassured that our Constitution, its spirit, and the idea of India it promised to us all, is protected by the bravest and the mightiest, write andita Rao and Iti Pandey.
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of the fatal assault and alleged gangrape of a Dalit woman in Hathras, especially her hurried cremation, and directed senior officials of the state government and police, including of the district, to be present at the next hearing on October 12.
A two-judge Bench said family members of the deceased would also be present that day so that the court could hear their version of the cremation organised by the police in the middle of the night, and wondered if the authorities acted thus because of their economic status. It also said that it would decide “as to the necessity of monitoring the investigation or getting it conducted through an independent agency as per law”.
The Bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Jaspreet Singh, that quoted extensively from a report by The Indian Express that appeared on Thursday, said that while four accused had been arrested and an SIT set up to probe the matter, “However, for the moment, we are concerned with what has happened thereafter. The incidents which took place after the death of the victim on 29.09.2020 leading up to her cremation, as alleged, have shocked our conscience, therefore, we are taking suo moto cognizance of the same.”
Hitting the streets for the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown was imposed in March, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were prevented Thursday from going to the village of the Hathras Dalit teenager, who died after she was brutally assaulted and allegedly gangraped by upper caste men. Their cavalcade was stopped en route, after which they began to walk, only to be arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police.
Dramatic visuals of Rahul walking with over a hundred party workers, falling during a scuffle with police personnel, and both him and Priyanka — the Congress general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh — being taken away in a police vehicle were a strong signal, meant for both the ranks of the grand old party and others, who have been urging the Gandhis to take on a more hands-on role.
The UP Police offered them that opportunity on a platter on Thursday. Several opposition leaders rallied behind the Gandhis, and slammed the state government, even as the BJP called it a photo-op.
Police on Thursday resorted to lathicharge as Samajwadi Party workers gathered to protest against the Hathras case, at Hazaratganj. (Express photo/Vishal Srivastava)Delhi Police on Thursday said that no gathering is allowed around India Gate due to imposition of Section 144 CrPC. They also said that gathering of up to 100 people is permissible at Jantar Mantar and that too with prior permission of the competent authority.“The general public is hereby informed that in view of DDMA order dated 03.09.2020 a total gathering up to 100 persons is permissible at the designated place i.e. Jantar Mantar and that too with prior permission of the competent authority.“No gathering is permissible around India Gate due to imposition of Section 144 CrPC,” New Delhi DCP Eish Singhal tweeted.