A day after Rahul & Priyanka Gandhi were stopped from marching to Hathras, now a TMC delegation’s bid to meet the family of the victim has been halted by Uttar Pradesh police.
The delegation that included Derek O'Brien, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Pratima Mondal and Mamata Thakur were forcibly restrained by cops from entering Hathras.
Some videos from the site showed Derek O’Brien being pushed by policemen as the delegation tried to push through the police team.
The Uttar Pradesh administration has imposed Section 144 to curb any large scale gatherings in Hathras.
The delegation members said that they were stopped merely 1.5 kilometres from the victim's home.
On Thursday, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi had been briefly detained by police for trying to visit Hathras.
An Fir has also been filed against them in connection with the case.
The 19-year-old victim had succumbed to injuries in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday where she was brought on Monday from Aligarh Muslim University Medical College.
UP police has said that post mortem reports show that the girl had not been raped and there was a bid to stir up caste based tension.
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