Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday heavily criticised the Adityanath-led dispensation in Uttar Pradesh over the gangrape and torture of a Dalit woman in Hathras, and said she was “killed by a ruthless government”, which is now trying to cover up the matter.
Four upper-caste men gangraped and tortured the 19-year-old Dalit woman near their village in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh a fortnight ago, causing her severe injuries, including multiple fractures. 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 in Delhi on Monday. She died on Tuesday morning. The four men have been arrested.
On Wednesday, the Uttar Pradesh Police did not let the woman’s family see her body, locked them up in their home, and cremated her body around 3 am. Videos…