Hathras case: BJP MP wrote to Yogi Adityanath asking for “strict measures”
New Delhi:
A BJP MP wrote to his party colleague and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to take “strict action” against those responsible for the hasty cremation of a woman who was gang raped and died after fighting for her life in a Delhi hospital.
“Clarification should be sought from officers who, without family consent, hastily cremated their daughter at 2 a.m. (Wednesday). If an officer is found guilty, strict action should be taken against him,” Delhi BJP MP Hans Raj said in the letter on Wednesday.
आदरणीय @myogiadityanath जी से पत्र के माध्यम से आग्रह किया है कि हाथरस घटना में कोई कोताही न बरती जाए और जब तक दोषियों को कड़ी से कड़ी सजा नही दी जाती है इस मामले को मुख्यमंत्री जी व्यक्तिगत तौर पर संज्ञान में की लें मुझे बेटी है बेटी बेटी पूर्ण न्याय मिलेगा। pic.twitter.com/4fQb0JO84J
– Hans Raj Hans (@hansrajhansHRH) September 30, 2020
The woman from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, suffered from multiple fractures, paralysis and a gash to her tongue in the gruesome assault that drew parallels with the Nirbhaya gang rape case in 2012.
The woman’s body was transported to her village of Hathras, about 200 km from Delhi, after midnight. As his family and the villagers suspected that the UP police wanted to perform the last rites at this time, in the middle of the night, they insisted that it was “against their tradition”; the woman’s father begged the police to take her home and cremate her in the morning.
The four attackers, men from the upper castes of the woman’s village, are in prison. They will now also be charged with murder.
Hans Raj Hans, who represents the reserved constituency of northwest Delhi, said the crime had “shocked” him and the whole country, and he hoped the “culprits would receive a lesson so that a message could be heard. sent across the country that any injustice to women will not be tolerated. “
Amid mounting outrage, Hathras police claimed the cremation was carried out with the consent of the family and some members were present. It turned out to be an uncle – not his parents – who was called out and who was cremated.
UP police, who are under surveillance for alleged misconduct during the case, have been accused of precipitating the cremation in a desperate attempt to cover up.
