In Hathras, stone pelting and lathi-charge have been reported too. Protests are erupting on the streets, with slogans against the police and local administration. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for strict action. The chief minister has also said trial of the case will be held in a fast-track court. Meanwhile, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath has formed a special investigation team or SIT to probe the Hathras gang-rape incident, and it is expected to submit its report within seven days. Predictably, there is a flood of social media messages, including vitriolic ones, in support of or against the claims of the victim’s family - “But, her family only cremated her” “She wasn’t raped” “The case is politically motivated”, “Don’t bring in the caste angle” etcetera. With this begins yet another short-lived political brouhaha around yet another gruesome rape in the country, which reminds one of the infamous Nirbhaya case that rocked the national capital and the country’s ‘conscience’ eight years ago, in December 2012. The Hathras gang-rape victim is dead and gone, cremated in the dead of night with heavy police presence, and allegedly in the absence of her family members, who claim they were not able to meet their dead child one last time.
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