According to CMO, the samples were collected 11 days after the woman was allegedly raped, while government guidelines strictly say forensic evidence can only be found up to 96 percent hours after the incident. Hence the report could not confirm rape in this incident.

The Dalit woman had been assaulted, allegedly by four upper caste men, on September 14, and was able to provide the details of the alleged sexual assault after she regained consciousness at the AMU hospital on September 22. After her statement was recorded before a magistrate, police had added relevant sections of rape to the FIR.

Following her statement, samples were sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory, which received them on September 25 – 11 days after the attack. It was based on this FSL report that the UP Police claimed that the woman was not raped.

On October 3, the Department of Forensic Medicine at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College wrote to the Circle Officer of Sadabad police station in Hathras with the subject, “Final opinion in response to your letter”. Signed by Assistant Professor Dr Faiz Ahmad and Chairman Dr Saeed, it gave a “final opinion” with reference to the circle officer’s letter “and the FSL report”, stating that “there are no signs suggestive rape” and “there are evidences of physical assault (injuries over the neck and back)”.

Dr Hamza Malik, president of the Resident Doctors’ Association at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, called the FSL report “unreliable”.

The woman’s post mortem from Safdarjung Hospital had also said that she was raped brutally.

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However senior officials said that political leaders will not be permitted. The official said that the curbs were put in place only to maintain law and order.

In the last two days several opposition leaders have been stopped from entering the village even amid massive protests.

The family of the victim had alleged that they were not being allowed to come out of their homes. The police official dismissed the allegations saying that they are baseless.

On October 1, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were stopped dramatically by the police, when they were leading a march into the village.

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’ Brien, along with several other party leaders , said they were manhandled by the UP police when they tried to enter the victim’s village.

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will make another attempt this afternoon to meet the family of the 20-year-old. “Nothing in the world can stop me from going to Hathras to meet this unhappy family to share their pain,” Mr Gandhi tweeted this morning.

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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

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It was alleged that the police were forcibly trying to get her body cremated in the middle of the night. The family had said that they will not cremate the body in a hurry and will wait till they get justice . The family also claimed that they follow Hindu rituals and not cremate the body at night.

HAPPENING NOW — #Hathras rape victim’s body has reached her native village, Boolgarhi in Hathras, where the horrific incident took place. SP, DM, Joint Magistrate all here accompanying the family. My camera person Wakar and I will get you all the updates all through the night pic.twitter.com/VxEWDVVpsU

— Tanushree Pandey (@TanushreePande) September 29, 2020

Earlier in the day, the father and brother of the Hathras gangrape victims 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”.

“We have talked to the victim’s family members. The last rites of the victim have been performed keeping in view of peace situation here. Four accused have already been arrested. Police and administration will ensure that the perpetrators of the crime are brought to justice,” Prem Prakash Meena, Hathras Joint Magistrate told a news agency.

The woman was raped in a village in Hathras by four men on September 14. The four accused had tried to strangle her to death as she resisted their rape attempt and in the process, she also ended up biting her tongue and suffering a severe cut on it. The accused have been arrested. After her condition deteriorated, she was referred to Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital where she breathed her last on Tuesday.

As news of her death spread, protests broke out in Delhi as well as in Hathras with all sections of society, including politicians, sports and cine stars and activists, expressing their anguish and demanding justice for her.

Meanwhile Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has formed a 3-member panel to probe the Hathras gangrape and death case and asked the team to submit a report.

The probe panel will be monitored by UP home secretary Bhagwan Swarup. The panel will also comprise members from the Dalit community along with women members. CM has also ordered fasttracking of the Hathras rape case.

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