New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra started a foot march to Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras after her vehicle was stopped by the authorities along Yamuna Expressway on Thursday.
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राहुल-प्रियंका को थाने ले जाया जा रहा है…. pic.twitter.com/cU8H3Tp6DV
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#RahulGandhi, who has been stopped at Yamuna Expressway on his way to #Hathras, asks police, “I want to walk to Hathras alone. Please tell me under which section are you arresting me.”
Police says, “We are arresting you under Section 188 IPC for violation of an order.” (ANI) pic.twitter.com/zesS6vZxN7
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Police pushed me, claims Rahul Gandhi
#WATCH Rahul Gandhi, who has been stopped at Yamuna Expressway on his way to Hathras, asks police, "I want to walk to Hathras alone. Please tell me under which section are you arresting me."
Police says, "We are arresting you under Section 188 IPC for violation of an order. " pic.twitter.com/uJKwPxauv5
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) October 1, 2020
Rahul Gandhi alleged today that he was pushed to the ground and lathi-charged when he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were marching on the highway between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
We have stopped them here. The Epidemic Act is being violated. We will not allow them to proceed forward: Noida ADCP Ranvijay Singh https://t.co/Cnrp4iDn1s pic.twitter.com/3VATy9FngK
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) October 1, 2020
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with Congress workers walks along the Yamuna Expressway, after her vehicle was stopped by the authorities.
She is on her way to Harthras, to meet the family of the 19-year-old who was allegedly gang-raped. pic.twitter.com/1RP8Bvco8G
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) October 1, 2020
The reason behind this, as UP officers claim, is that tight restriction are in place since 1 September and has been extended to 31 October in view of Covid-19. A top official also claimed that several policemen had shown symptoms of coronavirus.
The Yogi Adityanath-led UP government has imposed prohibitory orders in Hathras. “Section 144 (of the Code of Criminal Procedure) has been imposed in the district. It will be in force till October 31,” District Magistrate PK Lakshkar said today. The administration has also ordered to seal the borders of Hathras district.
The 19-year-old victim died in Safdarjung Hospital where she was brought on Monday from Aligarh Muslim University Medical College.
Police had conducted her last rites at her native place in the wee hours of Wednesday. All four accused involved in the incident have been arrested.
