Hathras Gang-Rape: Outrage Over Victim's 'Forceful Cremation' At Midnight By Police, Family Kept Out

by Shahnawaz Malik Sep 30, 2020 • 12:15 PM Views 773

Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras Police performed the last rites of the gang-rape victim in the middle of the night. It is alleged that the police arrived at Hathras with the victim’s body from Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Tuesday evening and cremated her at around 2.30 am. On Tuesday night, the victim’s family pleaded with the Hathras police that according to Hindu custom, the last rites cannot be performed after sunset, but the police paid no heed to it. The victim’s family continued to oppose the funeral, but Hathras police burnt the body citing special circumstances. Oposition parties have called the police action as inhuman and unjust