On Thursday, the National Commission for Women wrote a letter to the Director-General of Police (DGP) of UP, seeking an explanation on the urgency to cremate the body of Hathras alleged gang-rape victim.
The last rites of the Hathras gang-rape victim were performed at her native place in the wee hours of Sept 30.
The Commission, in a release here, expressed shock at the brutal gangrape of the girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, who died in Delhi after fighting for life for 2 weeks, saying the "incident underlines the grim state of women in the society".
It said that "NCW had taken suo motu of the gangrape incident & an Action Taken Report was received from the Uttar Pradesh police on the same day".
The NCW questioned Uttar Police about why the victim's body was cremated at midnight & asked the administration to send their reply at the earliest.
Referring to the "disturbing report" of cremation of her body in the middle of the night without the family's permission & presence, the letter said "It has been reported that the victim's body was cremated at 2:30 am by the Police without the presence of any family member. The victim's family had reportedly appealed to the District Magistrate for taking her body home for performing the last rites, however the police went ahead with the cremation while most of her family members were away."
On Tuesday, the 19-year-old victim died in Safdarjung Hospital, after she was gang-raped in Hathras a fortnight ago.
She was brought to the hospital on Monday from Aligarh Muslim University Medical College.
The last rites of the Hathras gang-rape victim were performed at her native place in the wee hours of Wednesday. All the 4 accused involved in the incident have been arrested.
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