INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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.The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court also took note, summoning the Uttar Pradesh additional chief secretary, director general
also called the victim's parents to have their say in court that day.Taking suo moto cognisance of the case, which has triggered widespread
outrage, the bench also ordered Hathras district magistrate and superintendent of police to appear with to apprise the court of various
aspects of the case, including the ongoing probe into it."The incidents which took place after the death of the victim on September 29, 2020
leading up to her cremation, as alleged, have shocked our conscience
suffered when she was allegedly assaulted by four upper-caste men ? later arrested -- in the fields at her village in Hathras district on
September 14.She was cremated in Hathras in the dead of the night with family members saying they were not allowed to bring the body home
But police claimed they had the family's consent for the cremation.Rahul, Priyanka arrestedMeanwhile, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and
Priyanka Gandhi were detained by UP police in Greater Noida, just outside Delhi, when they insisted on marching to Hathras to meet the
They were let off after they furnished personal bonds
The melee on the Yamuna Expressway was the biggest among scattered protests during the day over the death of the woman, who the UP police
controversially suggested was not a victim of rape.Party workers first gathered on the road on the Delhi-Noida border, dispersing only after
the convoy of cars carrying Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra passed them.The cars were stopped a few minutes later on the Yamuna
The Gandhis then insisted they will proceed on foot to Hathras, about 150 km away
taking a fall amid the melee
He was quickly helped on his feet by his security personnel
Another clip showed him challenging a police offer
"Can you tell me under which law you can stop me from marching towards Hathras?" he said."I want to go alone to Hathras and on what basis
can you arrest me?" he said, arguing that this would not lead to any violation of section 144 of the CrPC.The leaders were later taken away
Party chief Mayawati demanded that UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should be replaced or President's rule imposed in the state
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray also targeted the Uttar Pradesh government."Have no words to
condemn the barbaric - shameful incident at Hathras involving a young Dalit girl
My deepest condolences to the family
and perpetrators of such crimes will be be severely punished.In Haryana, Dalit organisations and other outfits held protests in Kaithal,
Yamunanagar, Fatehabad and Rohtak
Congress workers blocked an arterial road in Kolkata and held a candlelight protest in Hyderabad.BJP vs Congress spatAs the events unfolded,
Congress alleged that Gandhi was roughed up and other protesters faced lathis."Lala Lajpat Rai had said that every blow of a stick on my
be the last nail in the coffin of the Yogi government," party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in a tweet in Hindi.UP minister Siddharth
Nath Singh was dismissive of the "photo op", questioning even the fall suffered by Gandhi.The BJP also accused the Congress leaders of
ignoring atrocities in the states ruled by that party.Uttar Pradesh Congress gave a call for a statewide protest on Friday against the
detention of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi
All district and city unit presidents were asked to hold immediate dharnas against the behaviour of the UP police which had detained the
