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‘I don’t know whose body was burnt’: family of Hathras gang-rape victim writes to Rahul Gandhi | India News – Times of India
“The family of the victim in Hathras had written a letter to the opposition leader, Mr @RahulGandhi, demanding justice. Following this letter, Mr. Rahul Gandhi came to meet the victim’s family today,” the party said, sharing the letter.
The letter, which was addressed directly to the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, expressed how the family was yet to witness UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s promises come true and get justice in the incident that took place on September 14, 2020. .
Expressing despair over the handling of the case by the state authorities and the court, Omprakash said the UP government had cremated the victim’s body without the consent of the family.
“My daughter was gang raped and her spine was broken and her body was also mutilated. Then my daughter was murdered by the government in the dark of night without my family’s consent. At 2:30 PM it was burned by pouring kerosene. To this day, me and my family don’t even know whose body was burned,” it reads.
“Honourable Rahul Gandhi Ji, I would like to inform you that Honorable Prime Minister Yogi Aditya Nath Ji has assured my family in writing that one of the members of my family would get a job and a house, but so far neither a job nor a house has been provided given,” the letter further stated.
‘Life imprisonment under CRPF security’
The letter said that the victim’s family felt “trapped” under the security of the CRPF “and that there is no work and no one is able to go to work.”
The father said the suspect, who had been granted bail, was at large and that “we are staying at home and serving a four-year prison sentence.”
Gandhi spent about 35 minutes interacting with the family at their home before leaving without addressing the group of reporters who had gathered in the village for his visit.
