HATHRAS
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A look into rape, caste & corrupt system

September 14.
Hathras, a village in Uttar Pradesh was the ground for gang rape of a 20-year-old Dalit woman Manisha Valmiki

Four attackers from Upper Caste were taken into custody

#Hathras

The events are as follows-
(The Incident)
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As by the victim’s brother statement,

His sister, mother and elder brother were at work cutting grass in the field. The brother left early with a large bundle of grass but the mother and the sister stayed for more grass collection
Four people came from behind and threw his sister’s dupatta around her neck and dragged her into the Bajra field

After the rescue search by the family,
She was found in the field naked and bleeding. The neck has suffered a break of three bones
The struggle to breathe and the requirement of external oxygen along with injuries to her neck resulted in her paralysis

The tongue was bitten by herself as the perpetrators were trying to strangle her
It is in belief by the victim’s family it was planned as the same men had a physical altercation with the family’s members before
(The Involvement of UP Police)
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The first and foremost declaration by the police was to deny any involvement of rape in a statement from Piyush Mordia, Aligarh Inspector General of Police

Her body was taken to Delhi without informing the family
The police did not show any interest in performing the activity in the first four to five days to solve the case swiftly until the protests broke out

One of the first being by Bhim Army of Chandrashekhar Azad ’Raavan’ blocking roads with the chant of ”Hang The Rapists”
Tuesday, 29 September

She succumbed to her injuries and passed away in Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi

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(The Covert Operation of removing the Body)

The body was taken away from the hospital without the knowledge of the family back to the village in the middle of the night
Police decided on its own to cremate the body at night, which was against the family’s tradition

Her father and brother tried to protest but were taken away in Black Scorpio with UP plates by the police

The women of the family tried stopping by hugging the bonnet of the vehicle
The women threw themselves before the hood of the ambulance containing the body to stop them from taking their daughter away without their approval

The parents sat on the road, laying in the way beating their chest to stop the vehicle to no avail
The appeal to District Magistrate was also made but no response from DM resulted in police forcefully creating the body

The cremation took place at 02:30 am

To prevent any obstacles by the family, the police formed a human chain around the cremation ground
No one
Either media, family or relatives were even allowed the answer to ’What was burning’

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(Post Cremation)

The Hathras police sent out statements that the cremation proceeded in the consent of the family, that is an involvement of one uncle but not her actual parents
Praveen Kumar Laxkar, District Magistrate

Denied any claims by media for the act of forceful nature by police, rather said media reports are false and everything went under the provision of the girl’s family without any objection
(Aftermath)

The perpetrators are charged with Murder. No mention of Rape charges yet

The police are reluctant to cast this as a Rape Case from the beginning as the family claims the police told the victim that ’she was lying’
The case for Rape was added later yet the charges were topped with Attempted Murder to Murder

It is yet to be seen if the perpetrators are actually charged for Rape and be given penalty according to that

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End.

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