Hathras victim's family to appear for HC hearing on late-night cremation

Agra: The Hathras victim’s family will appear in court on October 12 to give their statements on the “forced cremation” of their 19-year-old girl who had been allegedly gang-raped and died two weeks later in a Delhi hospital. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC had taken suo motu cognizance of the incident.

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“Five of us will be appearing in court. The administration had asked us how many from our family would like to be present for the hearing on October 12,” the victim’s elder brother told the media after giving their consent to the district administration. Besides him, his younger brother, sister, mother and father will appear. “The administration has promised full security when we travel to Lucknow.”