Even Rama would not have spared these BJP Ravanas: Siddu on Hathras gang rape case

Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday, September 30 took on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for the death of Hathras rape victim, saying he should resign for his irresponsibility.

“Dalit girl was brutally gang-raped in U.P and CM Yogi Adityanath never took action. The girl succumbed yesterday and yet her parents were not allowed to see the body. State-sponsored brutality is increasing under the BJP government. Even Rama would not have spared these BJP Ravanas,” tweeted Siddaramaiah.

“Marginalization and brutality on Dalits continues even today and has increased multi-folds under BJP government. It is necessary to acknowledge the social reality and fight to address the injustices on the weak. To start with, Yogi Adityanath should resign for his irresponsibility,” he further added.

A 20-year-old woman, who died on Tuesday in Delhi two weeks after she was gang-raped and tortured in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, was cremated by policemen last night, allegedly as her family and relatives were locked up in their homes. A disturbing sequence of events captured in overnight visuals shows the family arguing with cops, female relatives throwing themselves on the hood of the ambulance carrying the body and a mother weeping helplessly as cops insist on taking her daughter straight to cremation, without allowing a last look.

The woman died in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital yesterday morning. She had suffered multiple fractures, paralysis and a gash in her tongue in the horrific assault that drew parallels to the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape. But long after her death, her family had to endure a night of unending horror.