AGRA: Precisely 4 years after the homicide and alleged sexual assault of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras, on Sept 14, 2020, the household has left the ashes of the sufferer unimmersed. They advised TOI that they’re nonetheless ready for justice. They added that they proceed to reside in “jail-like situations”, with restrictions on the place they go and whom they meet, surrounded 24×7 by safety personnel.They alleged that guarantees made by the government – of a job for a member of the family and a home – have remained unfulfilled.
Three of the accused have been acquitted and a fourth sentenced to life imprisonment. By releasing the alleged perpetrators, justice has been denied to them, stated the household.
They’ve now approached the Allahabad HC. “Within the chargesheet, CBI had charged the accused with rape and try and homicide, so how can their costs be dropped? Our sister’s statements, those she gave on her deathbed, have been additionally not thought of legitimate. She was hurriedly cremated by authorities in the midst of the evening,” stated the lady’s elder brother.
Her youthful brother identified that when his sister was discovered after the grotesque crime, her spinal wire was severely injured and her tongue had been lower off. “If nobody did it, how did it occur?”
As an alternative, the brothers say there have been makes an attempt at turning the case in opposition to them. At one level, it felt like they have been accusing us of honour killing. The elder brother added: “When the three have been launched and so they got here house, they have been welcomed with garlands and their households distributed sweets within the neighbourhood. They really feel they’re invincible now.”
Survival within the village, the brothers say, has been laborious. “At first, they used to threaten us and if anybody would stand in our help, they’d threaten them too. Now it appears everybody within the village is with them,” the youthful brother stated.
4 CRPF officers are stationed at their home always. “Wherever we go, the CRPF officers accompany us. We’re actually beneath home arrest. And the (court docket) case goes nowhere,” he added.
Three of the accused have been acquitted and a fourth sentenced to life imprisonment. By releasing the alleged perpetrators, justice has been denied to them, stated the household.
They’ve now approached the Allahabad HC. “Within the chargesheet, CBI had charged the accused with rape and try and homicide, so how can their costs be dropped? Our sister’s statements, those she gave on her deathbed, have been additionally not thought of legitimate. She was hurriedly cremated by authorities in the midst of the evening,” stated the lady’s elder brother.
Her youthful brother identified that when his sister was discovered after the grotesque crime, her spinal wire was severely injured and her tongue had been lower off. “If nobody did it, how did it occur?”
As an alternative, the brothers say there have been makes an attempt at turning the case in opposition to them. At one level, it felt like they have been accusing us of honour killing. The elder brother added: “When the three have been launched and so they got here house, they have been welcomed with garlands and their households distributed sweets within the neighbourhood. They really feel they’re invincible now.”
Survival within the village, the brothers say, has been laborious. “At first, they used to threaten us and if anybody would stand in our help, they’d threaten them too. Now it appears everybody within the village is with them,” the youthful brother stated.
4 CRPF officers are stationed at their home always. “Wherever we go, the CRPF officers accompany us. We’re actually beneath home arrest. And the (court docket) case goes nowhere,” he added.