Hathras gang-rape case: Arrested accused not that guilty as shown, says former BJP legislator

A former legislator of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajveer Pahalwan on Sunday known as a mahapanchayat of higher caste members at his residence in Hathras, amid the nationwide uproar over alleged gang-rape and homicide of a Dalit lady within the district. During the assembly, Pahalwan stated that the accused who’ve been arrested within the case usually are not that responsible as being painted.

Pahalwan additionally welcomed the state authorities’s determination to advocate a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter and stated, it “will reveal the truth about the incident.” The higher caste members additionally raised doubts concerning the lady’s household denying the narco test throughout the assembly.

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Advocates, who took half within the mahapanchayat, have stated they’ll meet the particular investigation workforce (SIT), constituted by the state authorities to probe the matter, later within the day.

The state authorities had on Friday ordered a “narco-analysis polygraph tests” for everybody concerned within the case, together with the girl’s relations. The determination was taken after the report of the post-mortem carried out by the state authorities contradicted the girl’s allegation that she was gang-raped on September 14. The household has refused to bear the narco test and demanded a judicial probe by the Supreme Court into the matter.

On September 29, the girl succumbed to her accidents in Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi. She was cremated by authorities. The state police and the federal government have been questioned over their determination to cremate the girl’s physique within the useless of the night time with out the presence of her relations.

The household says the cremation was forceful and was accomplished with out her mother and father and family members’ presence. However, the administration says that it was carried out with the household’s consent.