Tag: Hathras case
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UP Police lodge FIR against Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday lodged an FIR against Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and 153 Congress workers for violating the Epidemic Diseases Act for their attempted march to Hathras to meet the family of a gang-rape victim who died earlier this week. The complaint, filed at the Gautam Buddh Nagar…
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UP police should have been more sensitive: BJP MP
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): UP Police needed to be “more sensitive and responsible” as their actions triggered anger among people following the cremation of the Hathras Dalit woman in dead of night, head of the parliamentary panel on the welfare of SCs/STs and BJP MP Kirit Solanki said on Thursday. Calling the Hathras case “unfortunate,”…
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Justice Katju, what’s wrong with you?
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): The brutal assault and alleged gang-rape of a young girl in Hathras left the nation shocked, especially when after her death, the family was not allowed to carry out the last rites. Rather, the victim was cremated by the police, without her family, in the middle of the night. Consequently, social media…
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UP: FIR against 203 including Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi
(Anjali Shreya, Intern Journalist): Rahul Gandhi march to Hathras: Police have registered a case against 203 Congress leaders and activists, including Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Rajya Sabha member Deepender Hooda. A case named against these leaders in Ecotech Kotwali has been registered under the Pandemic Act. While FIRs have been registered…
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Farewell of justice: Rihai Manch
(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) Lucknow: In the Babri Masjid demolition case, the Rihai Manch said on the High Court’s decision to acquit all the accused in the absence of evidence, that it is just judgment and not justice. The forum questioned the criminal role of the state government in the gang rape of a Dalit…
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Petition in SC seeks CBI or SIT probe into Hathras crime, transfer of trial outside UP
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court asking for a stronger investigation into the Hathras brutality by four upper-caste Thakur men that led to the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman. The petition also seeks the transfer of the trial from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi. The news comes in…
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Hathras case: PM Modi spoke to CM Yogi, constituted SIT for investigation
(Harleen Kaur, Intern Journalist)Lucknow, On the incident of Hathras, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and directed to take strict action in this matter. CM Yogi Adityanath himself informed about the Prime Minister’s initiative. He tweeted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held talks on the incident of Hathras and…