New Delhi: A 20-year-old woman, who died on Tuesday in Delhi two weeks after she was gang-raped and tortured in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras was cremated by the police and district administration of Hathras around 2:30 am on Wednesday against the wishes of the family, alleges as family.
The woman’s family members said the police forcibly performed the last rites last night even though they wanted to bring her body home one last time and cremate her in the morning as per customs.
The villagers claimed that they wanted to take the body of the woman to her house, but administration pressed for cremation at the earliest. The passage for ambulance was blocked and finally cremation took place in village.
We demand from state government that this matter be investigated and the culprits be hanged. We also want security. Administration is putting us under a lot of pressure. We don’t trust the local Police, there should be judicial investigation: Brother of #Hathras gangrape victim https://t.co/qKptfwhBxs
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 30, 2020
“We have talked to the victim’s family members. The last rites of the victim have been performed keeping in view of peace situation here. Four accused have already been arrested. Police and administration will ensure that the perpetrators of the crime are brought to justice,” Prem Prakash Meena, Hathras Joint Magistrate told ANI.
The allegations that funeral was conducted without family’s consent are wrong. The father & brother gave their consent to conduct funeral at night. Family members were also present at funeral. Vehicle carrying victim’s body was present at village from 12:45 to 2:30am: Hathras DM pic.twitter.com/RLYWI2R9nG
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 30, 2020
“Financial assistance has been provided to her family,” he said.
The 19-year-old died in Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday, after she was gang-raped in Hathras a fortnight ago. The victim was brought to Safdarjung Hospital on Monday from Aligarh Muslim University Medical College.
The Hathras district administration on Tuesday said a compensation of Rs 10 lakhs will be provided to the victim’s family. “The state government has already provided compensation of Rs 4.12 lakhs to the family,” the district magistrate tweeted.
