Hathras
UP gang-rape: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra briefly stopped then allowed to go to Hathras
New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who are on their way to Hathras to meet the family of the gang rape and murder victim, were briefly stopped by the policemen at the toll plaza on the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) on Saturday, media reports said.
They were later allowed to proceed towards Hathras later.
According to reports, only five members of the Congress delegation have been allowed to visit Hathras.
They are currently on their way to the UP distirct.
“Congress MPs under the leadership of former Congress President Shri. Rahul Gandhi will go to Hathras today afternoon to meet the grieving family of the 19-year-old daughter of Uttar Pradesh, who was brutally assaulted, murdered and the body cremated surreptitiously in the middle of the night by Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government,” the party said in a statement earlier.
“The Congress delegation led by Shri. Rahul Gandhi and Smt Priyanka Gandhi will meet the family members to hear their grievances and demand justice for the victim and her family who have been denied justice and severely traumatized by the BJP Government in their desperate attempt to hide the truth of the heinous crime perpetrated on the victim,” it added.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were briefly detained by Uttar Pradesh Police two days ago when they were heading towards Hathras on the grounds of a ban on public assembly in the area. They were taken to a guest house at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida and were later escorted back to Delhi.
A Trinamool Congress delegation, led by senior party leader Derek O’Brien, was also prevented by the police on Friday from going to the village of the gang-rape victim to meet her family.
Yesterday, senior BJP leader Uma Bharti urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to allow politicians and the media to meet the kin of the victim.
The police had said the restrictions had been imposed because of the ongoing probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
The young woman was subjected to a savage assault and gang rape when she had gone to a field to collect fodder for cattle on September 14. She had suffered multiple fractures, paralysis, and severe spinal injury and eventually died last Tuesday.
The incnident which occured in
Boolagarhi village of Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh has triggered massive protests across the nation.
The 19-year-old succumbed to her injuries in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital.
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