Hathras: Man Accused Of Sexual Assault, Out On Bail, Shoots Survivor’s Father

In yet another appalling incident, a man who was released on bail after being accused of sexual assault purportedly shot the survivor’s father during a violent clash on Monday, March 1. The incident is said to have happened in Naujarpur town in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras area, around 200 km from Delhi.

Hathras Police officials claimed that the man, identified as Gaurav Sharma, was imprisoned for a month in July 2018 after he was accused of molestation and a case was lodged against him by the woman’s family. He was, however, granted bail by a local court and was out of prison in the same year. There were ocassional clashes between two families since then.

Reportedly, on Monday, both—the family of the survivor and Gaurav Sharma’s family ended up in a brawl outside a temple in the village at around 4:30 pm. The woman’s 50 year old father Amrish Sharma and the accused, Gaurav Sharma intervened. However, the argument intensified which irked the accused criminal that ended up in shooting the woman’s father multiple times. He succumbed to injuries while being rushed to the hospital.

The Hathras police also tweeted, “an indictment by the accused by the police station Sasni was registered in the relevant sections. The arrest of the accused will be done soon and strict legal proceedings will be implemented”.

UP Chief minister Yogi Adityanath ordained officials to invoke National security ACT against the criminal and take stringent action in the issue, CMO said.