Hathras sexual harassment victim begs for justice after father shot for lodging complaint

The BJP and the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday got into a blame game after a man whose daughter was sexually harassed was shot dead, allegedly by the main accused out on bail since 2018 and his associates, in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh.

While SP president Akhilesh Yadav targetted the BJP government over the murder, BJP leaders alleged that main accused Gaurav Sharma was affiliated to the SP. SP leaders retaliated by posting pictures of the accused along with BJP MP from Aligarh Satish Gautam .

Meanwhile, police arrested one of the four named accused persons, Lalit Sharma.

A daughter of the deceased, Ambarish Sharma, said her father was shot by six-seven people.