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Sep 25, 2021 Jeevan Prakash Sharma In Bulgarhi, where upper castes are in the majority, the victim’s family finds little sympathy. Not even other Dalit families side with them. This is a potent weapon for the accused.
Sep 23, 2021 Jeevan Prakash Sharma Family of Hathras victim allege threat to their lawyer’s life. Cops deny allegations, claiming they are providing her an escort on trial dates
For the Dalit family, the tulsi (basil) remains a fragrant memory of the young woman who died a year ago aged 19, two weeks after she was gangraped by four upper caste men of the same village.
Sep 21, 2021 Jeevan Prakash Sharma A year later, the security for the Dalit family is as tight as ever. Even suffocating at times. But it’s now part of the lives of the family whose worst nightmares had come true on a muggy day last year when the woman was sexually assaulted by four the accused—now facing trial for gang rape and murder—when she was collecting fodder for the family’s livestock.
Ostracised in upper caste-majority village and guarded round-the-clock by CRPF, life for family is now a prison
One year after Hathras, father of Dalit woman refuses to immerse ashes in Ganga till accused are ‘hanged’. Living in fear and waiting for justice, family of gangrape-murder victim expresses dismay over 'slow pace' of court proceedings
The direction came on the application moved by a man whose deceased wife's photo was being circulated on various social media platforms wrongly depicting her as the victim of Hathras rape.
The court also said that it would consider transferring the proceedings out of Hathras for ensuring a free and fair trial in the case.
The accused Gaurav Sharma was jailed for a month in 2018 after a molestation case was filed against him by the woman's father in Uttar Pradesh.
The case was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the recommendation of the Uttar Pradesh government
Kapil Sibal, appearing for the journalists' body, said that the mother of Kappan was unconscious and was wanting to see her son.
The 19-year-old victim in the Hathras case died at a Delhi hospital after she was allegedly raped by four men from her village on September 14 last year.
Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar will now be the new district magistrate of Mirzapur.
A 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped by four men in Hathras on September 14
The bench considered the request of Uttar Pradesh government and asked the Allahabad High Court to delete the victim’s name from one of its orders on a PIL pending there.
The incident was reported from a village by the girl's father on Thursday after which an FIR was lodged at the local Hathras Junction police station, they said.
Police seize 14 pistols, three unfinished pistols besides ammunition in huge quantities
The 19-year-old woman, who was assaulted and allegedly raped by four men, was under treatment at the hospital before being referred to Delhi. She died at a Delhi hospital later.
Opposition parties' MPs protest over suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MP's during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
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Ground staff uses an air blower to dry the wet areas of the field at Wankhede Stadium before the start of 2nd test cricket match between India and New Zealand, in Mumbai.
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India's Ashwini Ponnappa, left, and Siki N. Reddy compete against England's Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith during their women's doubles badminton group stage match at the BWF World Tour Finals in Nusa Dua, Bali,...
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India's Lakshya Sen competes against Denmark's Viktor Axelsen during their men's singles badminton group stage match at the BWF World Tour Finals in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
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Opposition parties' MPs protest over suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MP's during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist
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