Exclusive: UP Police cremate Hathras gangrape victim's body despite family's protest
4 years, 2 months ago

Exclusive: UP Police cremate Hathras gangrape victim's body despite family's protest

India Today  

The body of the Dalit woman who was gangraped and murdered allegedly by four men in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, was cremated at 2.45 am on Wednesday. The victim's family said the UP Police forcibly performed the last rites despite repeated requests to bring her body back home one last time. The UP Police also took the victim's family back to Hathras from Delhi and asked them to cremate the body overnight. BHIM ARMY CHIEF AZAD DETAINED BY DELHI POLICE Meanwhile, Delhi Police detained Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad for protesting outside Safdurjung Hospital over the Hathras gangrape case. Leading the protests outside Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said he appealed to all members of the Dalit community to take to the streets and demand death penalty for the guilty.

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UP Hathras Stampede: Policeman dies of heart attack after seeing piles of bodies
5 months, 3 weeks ago

UP Hathras Stampede: Policeman dies of heart attack after seeing piles of bodies

India TV News  

Over 110 devotees died and many others were injured during a stampede at a satsang in Hathras district's Fulrai village. Among the casualties, a policeman named Rajneesh suffered a heart attack after witnessing the tragic scene at Etah District Hospital and died on the spot. A devastating stampede at a satsang in Fulrai village, Sikandrarau area, Hathras, claimed the lives …

Hathras Rape-Murder Case | "Sensitize Officers To Follow SOP For Dignified Cremation Of Dead Bodies": Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt
2 years, 4 months ago

Hathras Rape-Murder Case | "Sensitize Officers To Follow SOP For Dignified Cremation Of Dead Bodies": Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to notify and implement its Scheme/SOP for the cremation of dead bodies throughout the state and give it wide publicity such as at Police Stations, Hospitals, Primary Health Centers, District Headquarters, Tehsil, Collectorate, etc.The Court has also directed it to sensitize the Officers and employees under the State who …

4 Uttarakhand SDRF trek 5 hours to cremate Covid+ive man’s body, his son refused
3 years, 6 months ago

4 Uttarakhand SDRF trek 5 hours to cremate Covid+ive man’s body, his son refused

Hindustan Times  

Four personnel of Uttarakhand’s state disaster response force of police trekked 5 km for the cremation of a 90-year-old Covid-19-infected man in Pithoragarh district on Wednesday after his family and villagers abandoned the body. Four Uttarakhand SDRF personnel trekked about 5 km for the cremation of a Covid-19 infected person's body after his family refused to carry out his last …

Hathras case: Late night cremation infringed upon human rights, says Allahabad HC; CBI team visits crime scene
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras case: Late night cremation infringed upon human rights, says Allahabad HC; CBI team visits crime scene

Firstpost  

The court said the Hathras district administration failed to show “any good reason” as to why it could not hand over the victim’s body to the family members, say for even half an hour, to enable them to perform their rituals at home The Allahabad High court on Tuesday pulled up the Hathras district administration for cremating the body of …

Hathras gangrape victim's late-night cremation violation of human rights: Allahabad High Court
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gangrape victim's late-night cremation violation of human rights: Allahabad High Court

India TV News  

Coming down hard on police and administration officials, the Allahabad High Court has called the late-night cremation of the Hathras woman who died after alleged gang-rape a violation of human rights for which responsibility should be fixed. In its order after Monday’s hearing, the Lucknow bench of the high court warned against “character assassination” of the victim and urged restraint …

[Breaking] Hathras Victim Was At Least Entitled To Decent Cremation; State Action Infringed Her Human Rights: Allahabad HC [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

[Breaking] Hathras Victim Was At Least Entitled To Decent Cremation; State Action Infringed Her Human Rights: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

Dissatisfied with the reasons given by the UP administration for hasty cremation of the body of 19-year old Dalit woman in the Hathras gangrape and murder case, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has expressed its displeasure on the entire incident and deprecated the local authorities for violating the victim and her family's human and fundamental rights. After …

Hathras DM owns full responsibility for night cremation
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras DM owns full responsibility for night cremation

India TV News  

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. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court that held a detailed hearing of the 'forced cremation' of the Hathras victim on Monday, said it would give the detailed order later. The division bench of …

Allahabad HC raps UP police, says Hathras victim was entitled to decent cremation
4 years, 2 months ago

Allahabad HC raps UP police, says Hathras victim was entitled to decent cremation

India Today  

The Hathras victim’s fundamental right of decent cremation was infringed upon by authorities, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court said in its order issued after hearing on Monday. The bench of justices Pankaj Mithal and Rajan Roy, which heard the testimonies of the victim’s family as well as Hathras DM and UP ADG Law and Order, said that it …

Hathras DM Takes Full Responsibility for Night Cremation of Gangrape Victim
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras DM Takes Full Responsibility for Night Cremation of Gangrape Victim

News 18  

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. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court that held a detailed hearing of the ‘forced cremation’ of the Hathras victim on Monday, said it would give the detailed order later. The division bench of …

Hathras Case: SC Shocked, Asks UP Govt About Witness Protection
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras Case: SC Shocked, Asks UP Govt About Witness Protection

The Quint  

The UP Government, in its response, has insisted that all steps were taken to ensure the not even a trace of suspicion remains and the probe into the case was progressing fairly and efficiently, reported Live Law. According to Live Law, the state government also claimed that an FIR was registered “immediately” on 14 September, when they first received information …

Six-year-old raped by relative in Hathras dies, family protests over police inaction
4 years, 2 months ago

Six-year-old raped by relative in Hathras dies, family protests over police inaction

India Today  

While the fire over the alleged gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras is still burning, a case of a six-year-old child being raped has come from the same district. An FIR was registered by police on September 21 on the complaint of the girl's father, a resident of a village in Hathras district, that he …

From delayed FIR to hurried cremation: A timeline of the Hathras case
4 years, 2 months ago

From delayed FIR to hurried cremation: A timeline of the Hathras case

India Today  

The Hathras gangrape and murder case has left the nation shaken and outraged. Amid heavy criticism, several contradictory reports emerged about the sequence of events in the Hathras case -- with varying accounts coming from the police and the victim's family. Baaki sab aap dekh lijiye” Mother is begging in front of the cops, please let me take the body …

Hathras gangrape victim's family wants judicial inquiry, DM to be sacked: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gangrape victim's family wants judicial inquiry, DM to be sacked: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

India TV News  

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after meeting Hathras gangrape victim's family on Saturday while speaking to India TV said they wants a judicial inquiry into the incident and removal of the District Magistrate. Speaking to media post meeting Hathras victim family, Rahul Gandhi said, "No power in the world can suppress the family's voice." Till the time justice is delivered, …

Decision to cremate Hathras gangrape victim in dead of night taken by local administration: UP DGP Awasthi
4 years, 2 months ago

Decision to cremate Hathras gangrape victim in dead of night taken by local administration: UP DGP Awasthi

India TV News  

The decision to cremate the 19-year-old gangrape victim in the dead night was taken by local administration i.e., Hathras DM and SP and no order came from Lucknow regarding the last rites, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police HC Awasthi said on Saturday. However, Awasthi refused to comment on why the permission was not taken by the victim's family to …

Hathras case: UP Police threatened, beat us, confiscated our mobile phones, says victim's cousin
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras case: UP Police threatened, beat us, confiscated our mobile phones, says victim's cousin

India Today  

One of the relatives of the 19-year-old victim in the Hathras case accused the Uttar Police of threatening and beating the family members and confiscating their mobile phones. On Thursday, Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Laxkar was caught on camera threatening the victim's family member and pressuring them to change their statement. Soon after attending a virtual meeting with Uttar Pradesh …

Hathras gang rape | Cremation of victim shocked our conscience, says Allahabad High Court
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gang rape | Cremation of victim shocked our conscience, says Allahabad High Court

The Hindu  

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of the Hathras incident and the events leading up to the cremation of the victim in the Hathras alleged rape and murder case and issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government. Justices Rajan Roy and Jaspreet Singh said the matter was of “immense public importance and public interest as it …

Hathras case: Police says sexual assault has not been confirmed, political slugfest continues
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras case: Police says sexual assault has not been confirmed, political slugfest continues

Op India  

A lot of debate and political mu slinging has been happening around the Hathras case since the victim succumbed to her injuries in Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital on Tuesday morning. The case attracted nationwide outrage when some reports claimed Hathras Police forcefully cremated the girl on Tuesday night without consent of the family members. Such people will be identified & legal …

Post-mortem of Hathras gangrape victim confirms fracture in spine, strangulation
4 years, 2 months ago

Post-mortem of Hathras gangrape victim confirms fracture in spine, strangulation

India Today  

The post-mortem report of the 19-year-old Dalit girl from Hathras who was allegedly gangraped by four upper caste men and brutally assaulted has confirmed that she suffered fracture in her spine and was also strangulated. As per the post-mortem report, the Hathras gangrape victim suffered fracture of "C6 cervical vertebra". Speaking about the strangulation attempts, the post-mortem report said the …

Hathras case: TMC hits out at BJP, Mamata says it exposes those who make lofty promises for votes
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras case: TMC hits out at BJP, Mamata says it exposes those who make lofty promises for votes

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the gangrape and assault of the 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh was "barbaric and shameful", and it exposes the BJP. " "More shameful is the forceful cremation without the family's presence or consent, exposing those who use slogans and lofty promises for votes," she said without naming the party. …

Forensic reports show no semen on Hathras victim, there was no rape: UP Police
4 years, 2 months ago

Forensic reports show no semen on Hathras victim, there was no rape: UP Police

India Today  

Forensic tests have said there was no rape in the Hathras case in which a 19-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted by a group of men on September 14 while she was working on grass fields with her family. The FSL report has already clarified that there was no rape on the victim.” “It clearly shows how a conspiracy was hatched …

Fact Check: Picture of Yogi watching Hathras victim's 'live' cremation is morphed
4 years, 2 months ago

Fact Check: Picture of Yogi watching Hathras victim's 'live' cremation is morphed

India Today  

The body of a 19-year-old woman from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, who died two weeks after being brutalised, was cremated in the wee hours of September 30 by police. Another picture of UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath purportedly watching the cremation live has also gone viral. The caption in Hindi along with the image translates to, “An incompetent chief minister …

Hathras gang-rape: UP govt announces ₹25 lakh ex-gratia, house, job for kin
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gang-rape: UP govt announces ₹25 lakh ex-gratia, house, job for kin

Live Mint  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday announced that the kin of the 19-year-old woman, who died two weeks after she was gang-raped in Hathras, will be given ₹25 lakh as ex-gratia and a house, along with a government job to one family member. Earlier today, the state's assistant director general Prashant Kumar said the woman's funeral was conducted with the …

Hathras Gangrape Case : PIL In SC Seeks CBI/SIT Probe, Transfer Of Trial Out Of Uttar Pradesh
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras Gangrape Case : PIL In SC Seeks CBI/SIT Probe, Transfer Of Trial Out Of Uttar Pradesh

Live Law  

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking for investigation into the brutal Hathras rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman allegedly by four upper-caste men by either the Central Bureau of Investigation or a Special Investigation Team.The plea further seeks for the transfer of the matter from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi alleging failure of the State …

Hathras gang-rape: Family gave consent for funeral, says Uttar Pradesh ADG
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gang-rape: Family gave consent for funeral, says Uttar Pradesh ADG

Hindustan Times  

After the family members of the Dalit woman who was gang-raped and succumbed to her injuries claimed that her body was forcibly cremated at 2.30 am, Uttar Pradesh assistant director general Prashant Kumar said the funeral was conducted with the consent of the family. Uttar Pradesh ADG Prashant Kumar says family gave consent for the funeral. When my father reached …

All you need to know about the Hathras gang rape case
4 years, 2 months ago

All you need to know about the Hathras gang rape case

Op India  

The Hathras gang-rape victim was cremated on the wee hours of Wednesday by her father in presence of Police and administration. Detailing the incident, the Hathras police said that at around 10.30 am on September 14, an hour after the incident, the victim’s brother reached the police station to lodge a complaint against one Sandeep, who he alleged tried to …

Hathras gangrape case: PM Modi speaks to Yogi Adityanath, directs strict action against culprits
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gangrape case: PM Modi speaks to Yogi Adityanath, directs strict action against culprits

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the brutal gangrape of a 19-year-old girl in Hathras and directed strict action against the culprits. After her demise, the victim's family left Safdarjung hospital in Delhi on Tuesday night amid heavy police deployment. The body was taken by the Uttar Pradesh police, which reached …

Hathras gang rape case: U.P. orders SIT probe after family alleges girl was forcibly cremated
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gang rape case: U.P. orders SIT probe after family alleges girl was forcibly cremated

The Hindu  

The 19-year-old woman, whose death in a Delhi hospital two weeks after she was brutally gangraped sparked protests and anguish, was cremated near her home in Hathras in the dead of the night early Wednesday with her family alleging they were forced by local police to conduct the last rites. When my father reached Hathras, he was immediately taken by …

SIT Formed to Probe Hathras Horror After Cops Cremate Victim's Body, to Give Report in 7 Days
4 years, 2 months ago

SIT Formed to Probe Hathras Horror After Cops Cremate Victim's Body, to Give Report in 7 Days

News 18  

Hours after the Uttar Pradesh police cremated the 19-year-old gang-rape and murder victim, allegedly while her family members were locked up in their homes, the state government has formed a three-member SIT to investigate the matter. The team led by the Home Secretary Bhagwan Swaroop along with DIG Chandra Prakash and IPS officer Poonam will submit the first report in …

Hathras victim cremated late night by her father in presence of police
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras victim cremated late night by her father in presence of police

Op India  

The Hathras gangrape victim was cremated late last night in her village. As per reports, the victim’s mortal remains were taken to her native village in Boolgarhi in Hathras where the horrendous incident took place a fortnight ago. Hathras gang-rape 19-year-old girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday, 29th September, after a brutal attack by four …

Uttar Pradesh Police forcibly took Hathras gangrape victim’s remains for cremation, claims family
4 years, 2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh Police forcibly took Hathras gangrape victim’s remains for cremation, claims family

Firstpost  

The victim’s kin alleged that the body was taken directly to the crematorium in an attempt to ‘hush up the case’, while cops said last rites were performed as per the family’s wishes Hathras: 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 here in the early …

First person account: A harrowing, sleepless night in Hathras as UP Police kept out family and cremated rape victim
4 years, 2 months ago

First person account: A harrowing, sleepless night in Hathras as UP Police kept out family and cremated rape victim

India Today  

On Tuesday evening, my cameraperson Waqar Ahmed and I left for Hathras in Uttar Pradesh after a 19-year-old Dalit woman, gang-raped and tortured by four men in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras two weeks ago, died. At 12.45 am, we reached the woman’s native village Boolgarhi after the Uttar Pradesh Police took the victim's body and her family members back from the …

Police locked us, didn't let us see our daughter's body once: Hathras victim's parents
4 years, 2 months ago

Police locked us, didn't let us see our daughter's body once: Hathras victim's parents

India Today  

According to an India Today ground report, a huge ruckus broke out over the cremation of Hathras gangrape victim's body. As the victim's body was being forcibly taken away for cremation without the family's permission, villagers came out to protest and had to lie in front of the ambulance to stop it. The family members kept begging the police officials …

Hathras gangrape: Hurried cremation outrages nation, UP Police defends actions as contradictory claims emerge
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gangrape: Hurried cremation outrages nation, UP Police defends actions as contradictory claims emerge

India Today  

A heinous gangrape, a brutal death, a hurried cremation, a grieving family and multiple contradictory claims. "The cremation of Hathras gangrape victim by the Uttar Pradesh Police without handing over the body to the family or without their consent and in their absence in the dead of night is raising doubts and resentment,” she said, asking for the Supreme Court …

UP govt forms 3-member panel to probe Hathras rape, death, asks for report in 7 days
4 years, 2 months ago

UP govt forms 3-member panel to probe Hathras rape, death, asks for report in 7 days

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has formed a 3-member panel to probe the Hathras gangrape and death case and asked the team to submit a report. This comes after the UP government and UP Police came under heavy criticism following the death of the 19-year-rape victim who suffered grievous injuries when she was subjected to severe brutality in her …

Nothing to hide in Hathras case, SIT will dig out truth: UP Police deny hurried cremation charge
4 years, 2 months ago

Nothing to hide in Hathras case, SIT will dig out truth: UP Police deny hurried cremation charge

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh Police have denied the charge that the police officials acted on their own in cremating the body of the 19-year-old woman who was allegedly gangraped and tortured on September 14 in Hathras and died two weeks later in a Delhi hospital. Speaking to India Today TV, UP Police ADG Prashant Kumar said the consent of the family …

Hathras horror: Police, victim's family give contradictory accounts
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras horror: Police, victim's family give contradictory accounts

India Today  

Fifteen days after she was brutalised, a 19-year-old girl from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh succumbed to injuries at Safdarjung Hospital in the Capital on Tuesday. But faced with protests, police went by the victim's statement and added relevant sections related to gang rape, the family says. Police version According to police, the girl gave her second statement on September 22 …

Outraged India demands justice for Hathras victim; Rahul Gandhi, Sanjay Raut, other leaders slam UP govt's 'inaction'
4 years, 2 months ago

Outraged India demands justice for Hathras victim; Rahul Gandhi, Sanjay Raut, other leaders slam UP govt's 'inaction'

India Today  

Hours after news of Uttar Pradesh Police cremating the body of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped by four men in western Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, spread, state chief minister Yogi Adityanath formed a three-member panel on Wednesday to probe the case and asked the team to submit a report. 3/3 — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra September 30, 2020 Samajwadi …

Exclusive: Why was Hathras victim's body cremated forcefully, UP Police responds
4 years, 2 months ago

Exclusive: Why was Hathras victim's body cremated forcefully, UP Police responds

India Today  

According to an India Today ground report, a huge ruckus broke out over the cremation of Hathras gangrape victim's body. As the victim's body was being forcibly taken away for cremation without the family's permission, villagers came out to protest and had to lie in front of the ambulance to stop it. The family members kept begging the police officials …

Protests erupt over Hathras victim’s body
4 years, 2 months ago

Protests erupt over Hathras victim’s body

The Hindu  

Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad and other members of the organisation gathered at Safdarjung Hospital and protested the confusion in handing over the mortal remains of Hathras gang rape victim on Tuesday. The 19-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras village, who was undergoing treatment at Safdarjung Hospital, succumbed to injuries in the early hours of Tuesday. Bhim Army’s Delhi …

Hathras gang rape victim succumbs in Delhi hospital, UP police arrests 4
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gang rape victim succumbs in Delhi hospital, UP police arrests 4

Op India  

The 19-year-old Hathras gang-rape victim, who was battling for her life in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, succumbed to the critical injuries on September 29 morning. Hathras police denies social media reports of brutality Days after the heinous act, social media was rampant with reports detailing brutality of the gang rape that the girl’s spinal cord was broken and her tongue cut …

No proof of rape, tongue being cut in Hathras case: UP Police
4 years, 2 months ago

No proof of rape, tongue being cut in Hathras case: UP Police

India Today  

As outrage continues to build over the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman from Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, the local police have now claimed that the deceased was not a victim of sexual assault. Speaking to media, Hathras SP Vikrant Vir said that no signs of sexual assault were found on the victim's body by doctors and reports of her tongue …

Hathras gangrape victim's grieving kin claims body taken away without permission
4 years, 2 months ago

Hathras gangrape victim's grieving kin claims body taken away without permission

India Today  

Hours after the Hathras gangrape victim succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday, her family members began a dharna outside the Safdurjung Hospital in Delhi, claiming that the victim's body was taken out of the hospital without their permission. Here the Hathras victim's family was still demanding justice for her outside Safdurjung Hospital and there Yogi's police have disappeared with her …

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