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Protests rumble in India over alleged gang-rape of young woman

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Reuters
02 October, 2020, 08:40 pm
Last modified: 02 October, 2020, 08:45 pm

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Protests rumble in India over alleged gang-rape of young woman

The family of the dead woman has accused four high caste Hindu men, who have been arrested but not charged by police

Reuters
02 October, 2020, 08:40 pm
Last modified: 02 October, 2020, 08:45 pm
Priyanka Gandhi, a leader of India's main opposition Congress party, attends a prayer meeting organised at Valmiki Mandir in the memory of the rape victim who died earlier this week, in New Delhi, India, October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Priyanka Gandhi, a leader of India's main opposition Congress party, attends a prayer meeting organised at Valmiki Mandir in the memory of the rape victim who died earlier this week, in New Delhi, India, October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Galvanised by the alleged gang-rape of a young woman who died of her injuries earlier this week, political parties representing India's downtrodden Dalit community held small protests in several cities on Friday.

In Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, the capital of the state where the crime took place, police baton-charged more than 100 activists from the Samajwadi Party, who held placards demanding justice for the dead woman.

Later in the day, the Bhim Army, a party championing Dalit rights, plans a protest at the historic Jantar Mantar monument in central Delhi.

The family of the dead woman has accused four high caste Hindu men, who have been arrested but not charged by police. Caste still plays an influential role in the politics of Uttar Pradesh, where the current state government is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.

While the family say the woman died as the result of a brutal sexual assault, senior state police officer Prashant Kumar told ANI News on Thursday the woman died due to a neck injury. "No sperm was found in samples," said Kumar.

Bhuri Singh, the uncle of the victim, said her "dying declaration said she was raped".

The 19-year-old victim, who was allegedly attacked on Sept. 14 in a field near her home in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh, died on Tuesday. The incident has sparked nationwide anger and protests.

India is one of the world's most dangerous places for women with a rape occurring every 15 minutes, federal data shows. In December 2012, the gang rape of a 23-year-old woman sparked nationwide outrage and led to a tough new anti-rape law.

Public criticism mounted and protests flared in recent days after the family of the latest victim said her body was cremated by police without their consent, an allegation officials deny.

On Friday, members of a regional opposition party, the Trinamool Congress, were stopped close to the victim's house while some leaders were roughed up by police officers, video footage from ANI showed.

And in the eastern city of Kolkata, activists from the main opposition Congress Party also protested. On Thursday, police barred Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi, siblings and leaders of Congress, from visiting the dead woman's family in their village.

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