Hathras shocker: Congress workers detained; UP CM forms SIT l Latest updates

Hathras shocker: Congress workers detained; UP CM forms SIT l Latest updates

Protests have broken out in many parts of Uttar Pradesh against the Hathras incident.

Congress workers were lathi charged and detained by police when they were going to gherao the Chief Minister’s residence in Lucknow.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has demanded the Chief Minister’s resignation over the Hathras shocker.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister has set up a Special Investigation Team in the case and sought a report within seven days.

PM Modi also called up the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and called for strict action against the guilty.

Uttar Pradesh police is facing fire over the victim’s family members’ allegations that they forcefully cremated the victim’s body in the wee hours despite objections from the family members.

The local administration has said that they had sought the family members’ permission before her cremation.

The woman was raped in a village in Hathras by four men on September 14.

After her condition deteriorated, she was referred to Delhi's Safdarjung hospital where she breathed her last on Tuesday.

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