New Delhi: A 19-year-old woman who was gang-raped and assaulted in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh, passes away at a hospital in Delhi, confirms her brother.
The woman was gang-raped in Hathras on September 14, 2020, and was admitted to Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital for better healthcare facilities. “Hathras gang-rape victim was admitted at Safdarjung hospital for better healthcare facilities. She died today morning,” a Safdarjung hospital official said.
According to the spokesperson of the hospital, the girl’s legs have been completely paralysed while her arms have been temporarily paralysed. The girl was shifted to the national capital after her family members said that they wanted her to undergo treatment there.
यूपी के हाथरस में गैंगरेप की शिकार लड़की ने दम तोड़ दिया, 19 वर्षीय लड़की के साथ 14 सितम्बर को हाथरस के चंदपा थाना क्षेत्र के एक गांव में दरिंदगी हुई थी – ASP प्रकाश कुमार का बयान देखिये इस पुरे मामले पर #UttarPradesh @Uppolice @myogiadityanath @hathraspolice pic.twitter.com/Cw4vjFjyVD
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All four attackers are in jail.
All four accused have been arrested. Under the SC/ST Act, her family has been given the financial support of Rs 10 lakh, in total. Reports of her tongue being chopped off are not true: Hathras DM on the gangrape of a 19-year-old woman who succumbed to her injuries, this morning pic.twitter.com/ev0qoHGcDI
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Hathras SP Vikrant Vir said, “We have registered a case under (IPC) sections of gangrape, attempt to murder and SC/ST Act. The accused persons are being interrogated. We have compiled all the evidence from the spot and are in the process of filing a charge sheet. We want the family to get justice and will be submitting all documents in fast-track court for immediate action. ”
Meanwhile, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the Uttar Pradesh government and said that law and order in UP have deteriorated to a great extent.
“A Dalit girl who was brutalised in Hathras succumbed at Safdarjung Hospital. For two weeks, she struggled with life and death in hospitals. Incidents of rape in Hathras, Shahjahanpur and Gorakhpur have rocked the state,” the Congress leader tweeted.
“Law and order in UP have deteriorated to a great extent. There is nothing for the safety of women. The criminals are committing crimes openly. The killers of this girl should be punished severely. Yogi Adityanath, you are answerable for the safety of women of UP,” she said in another tweet.
