Strong protest over death of Dalit girl in inhumane incident

 

In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, women and men have raised their voices for justice over the death of a Dalit (lower caste Hindu) girl who was gang-raped.

According to Indian media reports, a 19-year-old girl who was raped and tortured in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district died on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital. The victim was allegedly raped and tortured September 14. According to the report, the victim girl was allegedly gang-raped and tortured by four to five youths in the village and was shifted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh in critical condition. According to doctors, several bones of the victim's body were broken and her tongue was also cut off.

Due to Dalit affiliation, the police showed no interest in the incident and did not take any steps to arrest the accused. After the victim's family protested, people took to the streets to show solidarity. Police and protesters angry at discriminatory behavior on the public authorities to provide backing criminals have taken notice of the incident and contacted police.

According to the report, the police have so far arrested four persons on the charge of gang rape and the incident is being investigated. The victim's brother told a foreign news agency that Our complaint was not heard and no one was arrested. My sister was in a life and death struggle for many days and passed away on Tuesday.

The victim's brother said, "My mother, sister and elder brother went to a field to mow the lawn. My brother came home with a big bundle of hay and my mother and sister were mowing a short distance away." Meanwhile, four or five people came and put my sister's scarf around her neck and dragged her to the field. The family informed the police about the main culprit of the incident but the investigating officer did not release the details. The family members said that the accused often harassed people belonging to the Dalit community and because of his influence, he has so far made many girls the target of his lust.

Former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and Dalit leader Mayawati has demanded the government to provide all possible help to the affected family and bring the culprits to justice as soon as possible. UP police vehemently denied the allegations made by the family. Police officer Prakash Kumar issued a statement in this regard in which he said that we have arrested one accused, later arrested three more accused on his identification, all the four accused are under investigation.

Users on the social networking site protested against the victim's death and the police's criminal silence, chanting #JusticeForManishaValmiki (Give justice to Manisha Valmiki).

One user wrote that "Indian media gives importance to Deepika's new car but she does not see the tragic incident of rape and murder".

Deepika’s car got more attention in media than the brutal rape and murder of Manisha Valmiki of Uttar Pradesh. #JusticeForManishaValmiki

Deepika's car got more attention in media than the brutal rape and murder of Manisha Valmiki of Uttar Pradesh. #JusticeForManishaValmiki

— Spirit of Congress (@SpiritOfCongres) September 29, 2020

Another user shared photos of the arrested suspects and wrote, "We (need justice, hang them) until they die."

We want justice.
Hang Till death.#JusticeForManishaValmiki #JusticeForManisha pic.twitter.com/1v0ewOIChw

— Susheel Shinde (@Shinde_Voice) September 29, 2020

Another user wrote that under the leadership of Yogi Aditya, Uttar Pradesh has become unsafe for women. Addressing the Cabinet Minister, he said that he was "silent" in the case of Kuldeep Singer and Chanmaya Nand and was also silent on this tragic tragedy.

UttarPradesh under Yogi’s watch has become more vulnerable for woman.@smritiirani was silent on Chinmayanand & Kuldeep Sengar case.

Smriti Irani is again silent on another brutal rape & death of a girl in #Hathras UP.#JusticeForManisha #JusticeForManishaValmiki pic.twitter.com/U2sZOIlATG

— Madhu (@Vignesh_INC) September 29, 2020

Another user wrote that arrest the culprits and hang them without any mercy

We want #JusticeForManishaValmiki

Find out rapists n hang then all without any mercy. pic.twitter.com/XHTFjA54Ag

— Vaibhav Khetal (@vaibhavkhetal) September 29, 2020

#JusticeForManishaValmiki
Don't stop it....
Use the tag and make it as a justice for her life...
Sorry Manisha.... pic.twitter.com/ueIpODkzc6

— Naveen Kakkkur😊😊 (@kakkkur) September 29, 2020

Nirbhaya is crying ,so Asifa, so Unnao's girl, now Manisha Valmiki, are theirs lives so worthless to be brutalised at the hand of demon and the worst is demon is being patronised, till when???@CMOfficeUP @PMOIndia #JusticeForManishaValmiki pic.twitter.com/sg8pz1O7N2

— E Kant (@EKant99291171) September 29, 2020