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UP police forcibly cremating Hathras rape victim at night, allege kin

Local police officers, however, told PTI that the cremation was being carried out as per the wishes of the family.

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Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad with the father of Hathras rape victim, leave in a car from Safdarjung hospital, in New Delhi

Press Trust of India Hathras (UP)

2 min read Last Updated : Sep 30 2020 | 3:42 AM IST

The family of the 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died in a Delhi hospital a fortnight after she was gang-raped here, alleged on Wednesday that the police were forcibly trying to get her body cremated in the middle of the night.

Local police officers, however, told PTI that the cremation was being carried out as per the wishes of the family.

The woman was raped in a village in Hathras by four men on September 14. 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

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