After Hathras incident, Yogi govt prepares SOP for cremations

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani • 1 Years ago
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

 

Lucknow

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has prepared detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) that will be submitted before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court for dignified cremation of deceased in incidents like the Hathras gang-rape and murder.

The court on August 5, directed the state government to sensitise and counsel officials and employees involved in such cremations to strictly follow it and achieve the objective.

The court also directed the state government to notify, implement the SOPs and widely publicise it at police stations, hospitals, primary health centres, district headquarters, tehsil and collectorates, among other places.

The high court had taken suo motu cognizance of the Hathras rape and murder case on October 1, 2020 and directed the state government to prepare an SOP for dignified cremation of bodies after incidents like these.

On September 30, 2020, the district administration in Hathras had cremated the girl during night hours against the wishes of her parents.

Earlier, the court had also advised the state government to consider giving job to a family member of the victim and relocating them to any place outside Hathras.

It may be recalled that a 19-year-old Dalit girl was gang-raped by four persons in a village in Hathras district on September 14, 2020, when she had gone to the fields to collect cattle fodder. She was partially paralysed in the attack.

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As her condition deteriorated, she was moved to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital on September 28 and died in the early hours the next day.