Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday sought to turn the tables on the SP over law and order in his state, asking why the word “Samajwadi” gets tagged to “every criminal”. Speaking in the state assembly, Adityanath referred to the Hathras incident in which a man out on bail after his 2018 arrest … Read more
An NGO has moved the Supreme Court seeking to transfer the investigation in the Hathras incident, in which a Dalit girl was allegedly raped and died of injuries, to the CBI. The NGO, which has sought to intervene and assist the apex court in the pending plea on Hathras incident, said it has the experience … Read more
New Delhi: The opposition is set to raise the Hathras incident in the upcoming Bihar assembly election as well as the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in an attempt to sway Dalit votes in its favour. RJD spokesman Mritunjay Tiwari said the incident – involving the alleged gang-rape of a 19-year-old Dalit girl … Read more
NEW DELHI: A month and half before the Hathras incident, the Centre had asked states to set up a “response mechanism” to promptly deal with incidents of crime against the “vulnerable, oppressed and deprived sections of society”. The directive was issued after the National Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognisance of alleged sexual exploitations … Read more
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the UP government of taking to brutality to hide the truth of the Hathras incident and alleged that the family members of the victim were being beaten up, a behaviour which no Indian can support. He took to Twitter to allege that neither any political party … Read more