DNA Exclusive: Hathras rape victim’s death exposes illusion of justice for women

New Delhi: The demise of an 18-year-old lady from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh after a brutal gangrape has as soon as once more revealed the apathetic face of our system. It takes cognisance when a girl is both discovered to be brutally gang-raped or she met her tragic demise. When an identical incident occurred with Nirbhaya eight years in the past, it was felt that the nation has woken up, however the Hathras case is belying that actuality.

Some persons are additionally attempting to divert the eye by saying if the Hathras lady was gang-raped or not? However, this incident has as soon as once more uncovered the pondering of our society in direction of girls. The 18-year-old Hathras lady is subjected to brutal violence in a farm and her backbone was damaged inflicting her painful demise. 

Not solely this, however the poor soul was additionally denied her funeral rights. She was cremated within the useless of the night time on Wednesday with relations alleging they have been compelled by police to hurriedly conduct the final rites. The lady who suffered the trauma within the discipline was additionally cremated within the open discipline in the dead of night of night time in absence of her relations. She was even denied her proper to a respectful funeral. This entire episode has additionally proved that our system is morally useless.

The Zee News staff reached Hathras, 180 km away from Delhi, to report the stark actuality of the case. The DNA evaluation is predicated on the information that have been traced from the sufferer’s village and different locations related with the complete incident.

The physique of the sufferer was cremated within the useless of the night time on Wednesday (round 2.30-Three am) with relations alleging they have been compelled by police to hurriedly conduct the final rites. 

When villagers advised law enforcement officials that the final rites should not carried out at night time, one police officer mentioned that it isn’t written wherever. To persuade the villagers, the District Magistrate of Hathras had additionally reached the spot. In a video, he’s seen attempting to persuade the villagers with a bizarre argument.

The uproar lasted for a number of hours, however the law enforcement officials didn’t hearken to villagers and the physique of the sufferer was ‘set on fireplace’ in a discipline within the village. After this, protests have been held in lots of cities throughout the nation. 

As protests broke out in a number of components of the nation and political leaders and activists voiced their protest over the style by which the funeral was performed close to the lady’s dwelling in a village in Hathras, an area police officer mentioned it was carried out ‘as per the needs of the household’.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally took cognizance of this incident and spoke with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and mentioned strict motion ought to be taken in opposition to the culprits. The chief minister constituted a three-member SIT to probe the case asking that the trial be performed in a quick observe court docket. The SIT has been requested to submit its report in seven days. The staff consists of the Home Secretary, Deputy Inspector General of Police, and a feminine IPS officer.

The state administration has come into motion 17 days after the incident, however what occurred the final night time within the village will shock you. The 18-year-old lady was brutally gang-raped on September 14 in Bhoolagadhi village in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. She died of her grievous accidents at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Tuesday, prompting outrage, protests, and requires justice.

Notably, a number of movies have come out displaying how the lady was subjected to endure ache. After the incident, her brother took her on a motorbike to achieve the police station the place some policemen are seen standing round her. The police are seen least bothered to take her to a close-by hospital. Her brother later took his sister to a hospital in an auto.

In the second video, the lady is seen admitted to an area hospital, the place she is relating what occurred to her on the 14th of September. Her mom is seen telling in regards to the incident. In their statements, each the lady and her mom didn’t point out the gang rape however named two boys- Sandeep and Ravi. The police have arrested four folks, together with Sandeep and Ravi, for homicide and gangrape. 

As her situation deteriorated, the lady was referred to a hospital in Aligarh, the place she is clearly telling that she was raped on that day. After this assertion, the police added the part of gangrape to the FIR. However, the medical report of the JN Medical College in Aligarh didn’t verify the rape of the lady, who remained admitted in the identical hospital until September 22. 

The report, nevertheless, talked about that the lady was strangled along with her dupatta. Her backbone was additionally damaged and he or she was paralyzed due to this damage. It cited scratch marks on the lady’s again however didn’t point out inside accidents, stating that the rape might be confirmed solely after the forensic investigation. Since the lady’s situation was critical, it suggested that her assertion ought to be recorded earlier than a Justice of the Peace as quickly as doable. She was later referred to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi the place she breathed her final on Tuesday.

The lady left Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday night time amid heavy police deployment and reached their village in Hathras. Family members mentioned the physique of the sufferer arrived in an ambulance after midnight within the village. The automobile was parked on a street close to the home and never taken to the household’s dwelling however straight to the crematorium, they alleged.

Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh authorities on Wednesday introduced that kin of the Hathras gangrape sufferer will probably be given Rs 25 lakh as ex-gratia and a home, and a authorities job will probably be given to a member of the household.