Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slams CM Yogi Adityanath over Hathras gangrape incident

On Tuesday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at Yogi Adityanath's government in Uttar Pradesh over Hathras gangrape incident, alleging that re is " semblance of security" for women in State. She said incidents of rape one after ar, in Hathras, Shahjahanpur and Gorakhpur have shaken State.

"A Dalit girl who was victim of demoniac behaviour in Hathras has passed away at Safdarjung Hospital. For two weeks she kept struggling between life and death in hospitals," Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi. "Law and order in UP has deteriorated to a great extent. re is semblance of safety for women. criminals are committing crimes in open," Priyanka Gandhi added. killers of this girl should be punished severely, she demanded.

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Hathras gang rape incident

A 19-year-old Dalit woman died at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday morning, days after being raped by four men. family of girl informed that she died around 3 am, Superintendent of Police, Hathras, Vikrant Vir, said, woman was shifted to a hospital in Delhi from Aligarh on Monday after her condition showed signs of improvement.

woman was gang-raped on September 14 following which she was admitted to AMU's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Aligarh. accused had also tried to strangulate her to death as she resisted ir attempt and in process, she had also ended up biting her tongue and suffering a severe cut on it. four accused have already been arrested.

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