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Adityanath must resign over Hathras “gang-rape”: AAP

11:57 pm October 1, 2020

Mumbai: The Aam Aadami Party (AAP) on Thursday staged a protest here against the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit woman in Hathras and demanded Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths resignation. The Delhi-based party criticised the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the midnight cremation of the victim. “The body of the woman […]

Why media not asking questions to UP govt: Raj Thackeray

10:43 pm October 1, 2020

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday asked why the Uttar Pradesh government tried to stop someone who wanted to meet the Hathras rape victim’s family. He also wondered why the “media” is not asking any questions to the BJP government in the northern state. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra […]

Hathras case: HC summons top officials; Rahul, Priyanka detained by UP cops

10:29 pm October 1, 2020

Noida: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday sent out summons to top Uttar Pradesh officials over the alleged gang-rape and death of a Dalit woman while the Congress staged a dramatic protest, leading to the detention of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra by UP police. The two leaders were detained in Greater Noida, just outside Delhi, when they insisted on marching to Hathras to meet the family of […]

Hathras case: Presence of semen on victim’s body not essential for prosecution in rape, experts

10:17 pm October 1, 2020

New Delhi: Legal experts Thursday debunked the theory propounded by the Uttar Pradesh Police that absence of semen from the body of Hathras victim suggested that she was not raped, saying presence of sperm cannot be an essential ingredient to prove the crime. Senior advocates Rebecca John and Vikas Pahwa told PTI that absence of semen […]

Hathras woman not raped: UP Police

9:30 pm October 1, 2020

Lucknow: A senior Uttar Pradesh police officer said on Thursday said the forensic report has revealed that the 19-year-old Hathras woman who succumbed to her injuries at a Delhi hospital was not raped. Citing a forensic science laboratory (FSL) report, ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said the cause of her death is an injury […]