The body of the 19-year-old Dalit girl who was raped and murdered allegedly by four men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, was cremated after 3 am

The body of the 19-year-old Dalit girl who was raped and murdered allegedly by four men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, was cremated after 3 am on Wednesday.

The family of the victim has alleged that the police has forcibly performed the last rites and didn’t let them bring her body home for the last time.

Local police officers, however, said that the cremation was being carried out as per the wishes of the family.

Rape

The woman was raped in a village in Hathras by four men on September 14. After her condition deteriorated, she was referred to Delhi's Safdarjung hospital where she breathed her last on Tuesday.

As news of her death spread, protests broke out in Delhi as well as in Hathras with all sections of society, including politicians, sports and cine stars and activists, expressing their anguish and demanding justice for her.

Hathras gangrape The family left from Safdarjung hospital in Delhi on Tuesday night amid heavy police deployment. The body was taken by the Uttar Pradesh police, which reached Hathras earlier than the family members, claimed a kin of the victim.

“The police have forcibly taken the dead body, and my father along with them for cremation. When my father reached Hathras, he was immediately taken (to the crematorium) by the police,” a brother of the woman said.