TMC delegation on way to Hathras stopped by UP Police

The delegation comprising TMC MPs Derek O'Brien, Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Pratima Mondal and former parliamentarian Mamata Thakur had traveled about 200 kms from Delhi but was stopped 1.5 kilometers from the victim's home in Hathras.

In one of the videos, Ghosh Dastidar was seen protesting against the gangrape incident and blaming the Uttar Pradesh police for its alleged inability to prevent crimes.

In an official statement, one of the four MPs said, "We are peacefully proceeding to Hathras to meet the family and pay our condolences. We are traveling individually and maintaining all protocols. We are not armed. Why are we stopped? What kind of jungle raj is this that elected MPs are prevented from meeting a grieving family.

"At this moment, we are just 1.5 kms from the victims home in Hathras, explaining to police officials that we will walk the 1.5kms to the victims house in Hathras."

The Yogi Adityanath government has come under attack after the 19-year old, who belongs to the lowest rung of caste system prevailing in the north Indian state, was allegedly dragged by her dupatta, gangraped by four men, got her spinal cord damaged and her tongue cut.

Two weeks after the incident, which occurred on Sept 14, the girl succumbed to her injuries at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday morning.

In an even more shocking incident, the dead body of the girl was cremated by police officials in the dead of night denying the family members a look at the victim for the last time in Uttar Pradesh, which is ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 

A scuffle broke out at the Yamuna Expressway on Thursday afternoon when a Congress delegation, led by its leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, was on their way to Hathras.

Both Rahul and Priyanka were arrested by the police after they were denied an entry into Hathras.