Rahul Gandhi lathi charged & detained on way to Hathras

Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi were detained by the police. The siblings were on way to meet the family of the Hathras rape victim. Rahul Gandhi alleged today that he was pushed to the ground and lathi-charged. It incident took place when they were marching on the highway between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh after their convoy was stopped on its way to Hathras.

“Just now police pushed me, lathicharged me and threw me to the ground. I want to ask, can only Modi Ji walk in this country? Can’t a normal person walk? Our vehicle was stopped, so we started walking,” Rahul Gandhi said, targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

#WATCH Just now police pushed me, lathicharged me and threw me to the ground. I want to ask, can only Modi Ji walk in this country? Can't a normal person walk? Our vehicle was stopped, so we started walking: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Yamuna Expressway,on his way to #Hathras pic.twitter.com/nhu2iJ78y8

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Earlier pictures of Congress leader #RahulGandhi being roughed up by Uttar Pradesh police at Yamuna Expressway, while he was on his way to #Hathras pic.twitter.com/tsJVuo4V1N

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The Gandhis sat on the road with hundreds of supporters after the Uttar Pradesh police refused to let them continue.

Rahul Gandhi was taken to preventive custody at Yamuna Expressway on his way to Hathras.

#WATCH Rahul Gandhi, who has been stopped at Yamuna Expressway on his way to Hathras, asks police, "I want to walk to Hathras alone. Please tell me under which section are you arresting me."

Police says, "We are arresting you under Section 188 IPC for violation of an order. " pic.twitter.com/uJKwPxauv5

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The young girl from a Dalit family was raped by four men of the upper caste. She suffered multiple fractures, paralysis and severe spinal injury and cuts on her tongue. The teenager died on Tuesday at a hospital in Delhi. The UP police took away her body, and cremated the body at 2.20 am with only a few policemen around and no family member.

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