India
pti-PTI
Leader
of
Opposition
in
the
Lok
Sabha
Rahul
Gandhi
reached
Hathras
Thursday
morning
to
meet
the
family
of
a
Dalit
woman
who
had
died
allegedly
after
gangrape
in
September
2020.
The
Congress
MP
reached
Bool
Garhi
village
around
11.15
am,
even
as
police
stepped
up
deployment
in
and
around
the
hamlet
in
the
Chandpa
area
the
district
in
light
of
his
visit.
Earlier,
Uttar
Pradesh
Congress
chief
Ajay
Rai
confirmed
in
Lucknow
that
Rahul
Gandhi
would
be
visiting
the
family
on
Thursday.
Police
stepped
up
deployment
of
personnel
in
and
around
Bool
Garhi
village
in
Chandpa
area
of
Hathras
in
light
to
the
expected
visit
of
the
opposition
leader.
Uttar
Pradesh
Congress
chief
Ajay
Rai
in
Lucknow
confirmed
that
Rahul
Gandhi
would
be
visiting
the
family
in
Bool
Garhi,
Hathras.
Congress
leader
in
Hathras
Chandragupt
Vikramaditya
told
PTI,
“Rahul
ji
and
Priyanka
ji
are
the
leaders
who
are
in
touch
with
aggrieved
people
across
the
country.
Rahul
ji
has
been
in
touch
with
this
family
also.”
Uttar
Pradesh
Deputy
Chief
Minister
Brajesh
Pathak
said
Rahul
Gandhi
“is
confused” and
“not
aware
of
the
status
of
the
case”.
In
Hathras,
local
Congress
leader
Chandragupt
Vikramaditya
said,
“Rahul
ji
and
Priyanka
ji
are
the
leaders
who
are
in
touch
with
aggrieved
people
across
the
country.
Rahul
ji
has
been
in
touch
with
this
family
also.”
Uttar
Pradesh
Deputy
Chief
Minister
Brajesh
Pathak
said
Rahul
Gandhi
“is
confused”
and
“not
aware
of
the
status
of
the
case”.
Referring
to
the
ostensible
reason
for
Gandhi’s
visit,
Pathak
said,
“The
CBI
has
already
conducted
an
inquiry
into
this
case
and
in
BJP
rule
no
culprit
is
allowed
to
get
away
scot
free.”
“Whether
Sambhal
or
Hathras,
he
(Gandhi)
keeps
visiting
them
just
to
be
in
limelight
and
not
for
any
other
reason,” the
senior
BJP
leader
added.
Congress
leaders
Rahul
Gandhi
and
Priyanka
Gandhi
had
met
the
family
on
October
3,
2020
and
declared
that
they
will
fight
for
ensuring
justice
to
the
deceased.
The
19-year-old
woman
was
allegedly
gangraped
on
September
14,
2020.
She
was
moved
to
Aligarh
for
treatment
and
later
to
Delhi,
where
she
died
on
September
29,
2020.
She
was
cremated
in
the
early
hours
of
October
30,
with
her
family
alleging
the
local
police
had
forced
them
to
conduct
the
last
rites
in
the
dead
of
the
night.
Local
police
officers,
however,
had
told
PTI
that
the
cremation
was
carried
out
“as
per
the
wishes
of
the
family”.
After
an
initial
police
probe
in
the
matter,
the
CBI
had
taken
over
the
investigation
into
the
case
and
filed
a
charge
sheet
against
all
four
accused.
