08/04/2023

She was brutally raped by four men in U.P. village

A 19-year-old Dalit girl from a Hathras village in Uttar Pradesh who was brutally assaulted by four caste Hindu men succumbed to injuries at Delhis Safdarjang hospital in the early hours of Tuesday.
The incident happened on September 14 when the girl went to collect animal fodder from the field. The girl was allegedly gang-raped and later strangulated with her dupatta.
She was shifted to Delhi from Aligarhs JN Medical College on Monday on the request of her father. Members of the Azad Samaj Party alleged that the administration delayed in referring her to Delhi and that the facilities in Aligarh were inadequate.
From delay in the arrest to dilly-dallying in shifting her to Delhi, the administrations role is questionable, said Harpal Singh, head of the Agra division of Azad Samaj Party. He said they would protest in front of the National Commission for Women in Delhi before taking the body to Hathras.
We demand proper compensation and that the case should be heard in a fast track court so that the monsters could be sent to the gallows as soon as possible, he said.
Fakhrul Hoda, head of the neurosurgery department of Aligarh Medical College, said the victim had suffered permanent damage in the spinal cord because of fractures in the 2nd and 3rd vertebrae in the neck region and that the doctors were waiting for her to stabilise to operate upon her. The medical facilities that were required for her were available at the hospital. She was put on a ventilator from the third day when her oxygen saturation dropped, he told The Hindu.
He said she was in a quadriplegic condition and doctors would also have waited for her condition to improve.
Hathras police have arrested the four accused Sandip, Ramu, Lavkush and Ravi on charges of attempt to murder and gang rape. SSP Vikrant Vir had transferred the SHO of Chandpa police station to police lines for failing to promptly act in the case.
The girls brother said the body would be taken to the village for last rites and demanded that the accused should be hanged to death as soon as possible.
The State government has provided a compensation of 4 lakh to the family.
Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has reminded Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of his responsibility. In a tweet, she said, Chief Minister is responsible for the safety of women in the state…The killers should get the severest possible punishment.
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has demanded all possible support to the aggrieved family and that the case should be heard in a fast track court.
In a tweet, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said there was no hope left from this insensitive government.