After the assault, comes the character assassination. As the country recoils in revulsion after UP police’s forced cremation of the Hathras victim, the village itself is split wide open. While opposition political leaders make their way to the victim’s family amidst high street drama, village upper castes have held protests in support of the accused, questioning the victim’s testimony of rape.
The incontrovertible fact that a 19-year-old girl was violently attacked and succumbed to her injuries seems not to matter much for local dominant groups. Instead of first unitedly condemning the brutal attack, rightwing outfits like Bajrang Dal and Karni Sena and upper caste locals are all shrilly asserting that there’s no proof of rape.
Uday Deb
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