Hathras: Girl Lends Shoulder To Father's Mortal Remains Who Was Killed For Filing Complaint Against Her Molesters

Hathras Murder Case: Man identified as Amrish Sharma was shot dead by another man Gaurav Sharma against whom the former had filed a case of molestation in July 2018, in a village in Sasni. After his complaint, Sharma was arrested and sent to jail, who came out on bail after one month. Gaurav along with his accomplices pumped several bullets into Amrish on Monday evening.

In yet another heinous crime from UP's Hathras, father of a girl was shot dead by a group of men for lodging police complaint against them for harassing and troubling his daughter. The incident reportedly happened in the Naujarpur village of Sasni Police Station area of ​​Hathras on Monday evening.

According to the reports, the man identified as Amrish Sharma was shot dead by another man Gaurav Sharma aka Golu against whom the former had filed a case of molestation in July 2018, in a village in Sasni. After his complaint, Sharma was arrested and sent to jail, who came out on bail after one month.

Since the registering of police complaint, the two families have not been in good terms. As reported by news agency ANI, Police said that on Monday, wife and aunt of main accused and both daughters of deceased had gone to temple. They argued there over the old case. After this, the accused Gaurav Sharma and the deceased Amrish also reached the spot.

The verbal duel heated up when Amrish was at his field along with other labourers. Gaurav called his family members and close friends, fired several rounds and shot Amrish who died being taken to hospital.

Taking a note of the development, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to take strict action in the matter. He has also given directions to invoke National Security Act against all the accused involved in the case.

Speaking to ABP News, the distressed daughter of Sharma said, "Around 3:30pm, he (Gaurav Sharma) came along with 4-5 people and shot my dad. Me and my mother had gone to serve my father food. He was killed in front of us. He used to keep threatening us to withdraw the case. He is a terrorist and is politically connected to Samajwadi Party."

Meanwhile, the daughter of Sharma lent her shoulders to his mortal remains while being taken to cremation ground. She was accompanied by dozens of her family members and relatives who demanded strictest punishment to the accused. Heavy police presence was witnessed near the crematorium after the incident had sparked a massive outrage in the region. 

UP’s Hathras has become epicentre of crime against women: BSP

Bahujan Samaj Party National Spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria on Tuesday alleged that the Hathras district has become an epicentre of crime against women in Uttar Pradesh and demanded the Yogi government should take strict action against culprits in such cases

Speaking to ANI, the BSP leader said, “There has been a lot of news regarding sexual abuse, murder, rape and molestation coming from Uttar Pradesh. I would like to say that Hathras district has become the centre of such activities. You have seen that a few months ago there was a murder, then another murder, now the complaint of this teenager and the murder of her father, it shows that Uttar Pradesh has become jungle raj and gundaraj. There is no protection for women, Dalits and poor.”

Bhadoria lashed out at the Uttar Pradesh government for the late response. “Incidents are increasing continuously. Such reports not only coming from Hathras but also from all the districts of Uttar Pradesh. It is the Chief Minister’s responsibility to ensure that such incidents do not happen,” the BSP leader said.

As per the latest update by ANI in the matter, Hathras Police has arrested two persons involved in the killing. The district police said they started a probe after they were alerted and teams are on the lookout for other accused.