NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, OCT 11
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Yogi Adityanath dispensation over the death of a Dalit woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras after being allegedly gang-raped, saying the chief minister and his police say no one was raped because for them and many other Indians, she was “no one”.
The shameful truth is many Indians don’t consider Dalits, Muslims and Tribals to be human.
The CM & his police say no one was raped because for them, and many other Indians, she was NO ONE.https://t.co/mrDkodbwNC
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 11, 2020
In a tweet, Gandhi said the shameful truth is many Indians do not consider Dalits, Muslims, and tribals to be human.
“The CM & his police say no one was raped because for them, and many other Indians, she was NO ONE,” the former Congress chief tweeted.
He also tagged a media report which asked why police were denying rape when the woman repeatedly reported rape.
A 19-year-old Dalit woman from Hathras was allegedly raped and attacked by four upper-caste men. She later succumbed to injuries at a Delhi hospital.
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The Yogi Adityanath government is fighting severe criticism for its handling of the case, particularly after the local police burnt the woman’s body at night without the family’s approval. However, officials said the cremation was done “as per the wishes of the family”.
As a nation are we doing enough to protect our girls?
As a society are we doing enough to give them every opportunity to excel?
As a community are we giving them equality?
As a people are we giving them humanity?
This International Day of the Girl Child let us do more. pic.twitter.com/Z1zxLOl1j3
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 11, 2020
The state government has said that some people were trying to foment caste tensions in the aftermath of the incident. Quoting an FSL (forensic science laboratory) report, it has denied the rape charge.
The Centre has issued a notification for the CBI to take over the probe into the alleged gang-rape and death of the 19-year-old woman, officials said on Saturday.
