Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi en route to Hathras
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has left their abode in Delhi to visit the family of the Hathras Gang-rape victim. The 19-year-old Dalit woman died in a Delhi hospital on Tuesday a fortnight after she was gang-raped at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.
The woman was cremated in the early hours of Wednesday, with her family alleging the local police forced them to conduct the last rites in the dead of the night. The UP Police have, however, claimed that the cremation took place as per 'the family's wishes'.
In the wake of their visit, all the boundaries of the district have been sealed and intensive checking is being done. Section 144 has been implemented by the police.