Guwahati News Desk : The 19-year-old Dalit woman, whose death in a Delhi hospital two weeks after she was brutally gang raped led to nationwide outrage, was cremated in the dead of the night early Wednesday with family members alleging they were forced by police to hurriedly conduct the last rites.
The cremation was done around 2:30- 3 in the morning, a day after his daughter, who suffered critical injuries when she was allegedly gang raped and torture by four upper caste men, gave up the battle for life.
As political leaders and activists voiced their protest on social media and other platforms over the manner in which the funeral was conducted near the women’s home in Hathras, a local police officer said it was carried out as per the wishes of the family.