NOIDA; 01 Oct 2020 (UMMN): Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were going to Hathras to meet family members of the 19-year-old woman who died on September 29, two weeks after being raped and tortured by four men when their vehicle was stopped at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border by UP Police.
Rahul Gandhi was shoved and pushed to the ground by police personnel, as he decided to walk on foot to Hathras.
"I want to walk to Hathras alone. Please tell me under which section are you arresting me?" Rahul Gandhi was seen asking the police, in a video tweeted by news agency ANI.
“Just now police pushed me, lathicharged me and threw me to the ground. I want to ask, can only people belonging to the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walk in this country? Can only Modi ji walk in this country? Can't a normal person walk? Our vehicle was stopped, so we started walking,” Rahul Gandhi told reporters.
According to NDTV, the Gandhis were taken by the police to the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida.
Earlier in the day, the local administration in Hathras sealed the district’s borders and imposed Section 144 and creameted woman’s body before dawn on September 30 in Hathras. The victim’s family has accused the police of not allowing them to take her body home prior to the cremation, reported NDTV.
