Hathras case: Aligarh hospital report doesn’t confirm rape, says police

Aligarh’s hospital medical report of the Hathras Dalit woman, who succumbed to assault by four upper caste men, did not confirm rape. The police officials said that the medical report from the Aligarh Muslim University Medical College mentions that there were injuries but it does not confirm rape. They are waiting for a report of the forensics.

Before the 19-year-old succumbed to her injuries at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on September 29, she was undergoing treatment at Aligarh Muslim University Medical College. The victim had suffered multiple fractures, paralysis and severe spinal injury when she was assaulted by four upper caste men from her village on September 14. The police said that there was a cut in her tongue because she had bitten it when the men were trying to strangle her.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed by Chief Minister Yogi Adiytyanath, visited the village and met the victim’s family. The state government also announced Rs 25-lakh as ex-gratia, a house and a government job for one of the family members.

Meanwhile Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were detained for defying a ban on large gatherings as they headed to Hathras to meet the family of the gang rape victim. Rahul Gandhi alleged that he was pushed to the ground and lathi charged when he and Priyanka Gandhi were marching on the highway after their convoy was stopped by Uttar Pradesh policene