Indian authorities threaten gang-rape victim's family, video goes viral

Indian authorities have started threatening the parents of a Dalit girl who was gang-raped and died during treatment.

According to details, a video of the girl's parents threatening to embrace death after gang-rape and violence in the Hathras area of ​​the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh went viral on social media, prompting renewed protests in the state.

The video, which went viral on social media, shows Dam M threatening the girl's father, saying, Only we will stand with you, now you want to change the statement again and again or not, then we will change too.

According to local media, the Additional Director General of Uttar Pradesh has claimed that the girl was not gang-raped while a senior police official even claimed that the girl was not raped.

यूपी सरकार किसी को पीड़िता के गांव जाने से क्यों रोक रही है उसका जवाब यहां है?

पीड़िता के परिवार को हाथरस डीएम जाकर धमका रहे हैं।

न मीडिया जा पायेगा, न हम लोग तो यूपी सरकार पीड़िता के परिवार को खुलकर धमका पाएगी।

ये लोग अत्याचारी हैं। pic.twitter.com/RDV2jrQfRn

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 1, 2020

It is believed that the incident that took place in India on September 14 shook humanity. After the rape, several bones of the body of a 19-year-old Dalit girl were broken while her tongue was also cut so that she could not say anything.

It should be noted that crimes against women are on the rise in India. According to official figures, there was an increase of more than 7% in 2019 compared to 2018. During this period, the crime rate per lakh increased from 58.8% to 62.4%.