Hathras: An area MP-MLA court docket on Tuesday mounted December 4 as the subsequent date of listening to in a Hathras ‘gang rape’-linked defamation case filed in opposition to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi because the court docket handed over the inquiry to DSP Sadabad.Munna Singh Pundhir, the lawyer representing the three acquitted males, stated, “The court docket has directed an inquiry to be performed by DSP Sadabad as the other get together (Rahul Gandhi) resides exterior the jurisdiction of the involved court docket (MP-MLA court docket on this case),” Pundhir informed PTI.
Three separate instances have been filed on behalf of Ravi, Ram Kumar alias Ramu, and Luvkush, who have been acquitted within the 2020 Hathras ‘gang rape’ case, in opposition to Gandhi after he allegedly known as them “accused.” Gandhi allegedly made the remarks in Bulgadhi village on December 12, 2024, saying “the accused are roaming free, whereas the sufferer’s household is locked inside the home.”
The lawyer stated the remarks have been “defamatory and insulting” to the youths, who a CBI court docket acquitted after that they had spent over two-and-a-half years in jail.
“A authorized discover of Rs 1.5 crore was despatched to Rahul Gandhi, demanding Rs 50 lakh every for the three acquitted males,” Pundhir stated, including that no reply was acquired from Gandhi following which the grievance was filed.
A Dalit woman from Hathras was allegedly gang-raped in September 2020. She, later, died throughout therapy at a hospital in Delhi.
Four males, specifically Ram Kumar, Luvkush, Ravi and Sandeep, from her village have been accused of committing the crime.
After a CBI probe and trial, solely Sandeep stays in jail after being discovered responsible of culpable murder not amounting to homicide and underneath the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Pundhir added
