Key points:-
• On Monday, Sharma and six others reached the girl’s village and shot her father after an argument over the case. He died on his way to the hospital.
• “He shot my father in the temple, chest and back. Why did he have to shoot him in the chest,” she asks, before identifying the main accused as Gaurav Sharma.
• Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also directed officials to take strict action in the matter and given directions to invoke the National Security Act against all the accused involved in the case.
Gaurav Sharma, the accused, was jailed for a month in 2018 after a molestation case was filed against him by the woman’s father. He was granted bail by a local court after a month.
Two have been arrested, after a man who was out on bail in a sexual assault case allegedly shot dead the survivor’s father in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras. The incident took place on Monday, 1 March.
On Monday, Sharma and six others reached the girl’s village and shot her father after an argument over the case. He died on his way to the hospital.
After the horrifying incident, a video of the girl crying outside a police station and demanding justice for her dead father has gone viral on social media. “Please give me justice… please give me justice. He molested me and my father had filed a case against him. He has now shot dead my father. He had come to our village. There were six-seven people. My father had no enmity against anyone,” she is heard saying in the video.
“He shot my father in the temple, chest and back. Why did he have to shoot him in the chest,” she asks, before identifying the main accused as Gaurav Sharma.
Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) Tweeted: This video of a girl, a victim of sexual harassment, in UP’s Hathras district begging for justice while narrating how her father was gunned down is the most heart breaking thing one will see on the internet. @Uppolice https://t.co/mKXrrnKl1v https://twitter.com/Benarasiyaa/status/1366465981468479488?s=20
“Accused and the man [deceased] soon arrived at the temple and had an argument,” the police added. The man was grievously injured and succumbed to injuries. Meanwhile, one accused, identified as Lalit Sharma was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the case.
HATHRAS POLICE (@hathraspolice) Tweeted: थाना सासनी क्षेत्र के ग्राम नौजरपुर में घटित घटना में पुलिस द्वारा त्वरित कार्यवाही करते हुये 01 नामजद हत्यारोपी ललित शर्मा पुत्र सन्तोष शर्मा को गिरफ्तार कर पुलिस द्वारा आवश्यक वैधानिक कार्यवाही की जा रही है। शेष अभियुक्तों की भी शीघ्र ही गिरफ्तारी की जायेगी। @dgpup @Uppolice https://t.co/9Le9176gHq https://twitter.com/hathraspolice/status/1366579948949962755?s=20
The body of the deceased has been sent for post-mortem.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also directed officials to take strict action in the matter and given directions to invoke the National Security Act against all the accused involved in the case.
