Congress and Bhim Army activists on Tuesday evening started a protest outside the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi after the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, reported PTI. Four men had raped her in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district a fortnight ago that caused severe injuries, including multiple fractures. The woman succumbed to her injuries earlier in the day.
The woman’s family is also protesting outside the hospital, according to NDTV.
The woman had been initially admitted to the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College And Hospital at the Aligarh Muslim University but was moved to the Safdarjung Hospital’s intensive care unit in Delhi on Monday.
The woman’s family claimed that they were being forced to return to Hathras as the authorities were trying to dispose of the her body discreetly, according to NDTV. The 20-year-old woman’s family along with activists were earlier…
