The body of the Dalit woman who was gangraped and murdered allegedly by four men in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, was cremated at 2.45 am on Wednesday.
The victim’s family said the UP Police forcibly performed the last rites despite repeated requests to bring her body back home one last time.
The victim’s body was finally released from the Safdurjung Hospital in Delhi at 10.10 pm on Tuesday, police confirmed to India Today TV.
Earlier in the day, the father and brother of the Hathras gangrape victim sat in protest outside the hospital claiming that her body had been taken away without their permission.
They were joined in protest by workers from Congress as well as the Bhim Army. As the crowd at Safdurjung Hospital swelled, security was heightened at the hospital.
Delhi Police later claimed that the family was not sitting on a dharna and said that the issue was “hijacked by different groups”.
“They wanted to go. Different groups tried to hijack the issue. Later, the family was convinced and they left with SDM and Circle Officer of Hathras. ADM Hathras was also there,” the Delhi Police later said.
There were heated arguments between the protestors and the police personnel outside the hospital.❐
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