Priyanka tells Yogi Adityanath: You are accountable for safety of women in UP

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh over the Hathras gangrape incident.

The woman was shifted to a hospital in Delhi from Aligarh on Monday after her condition showed no signs of improvement.

"A Dalit girl who was victim of demoniac behavior in Hathras has passed away at Safdarjung Hospital. For two weeks she kept struggling between life and death in hospitals," Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

She said incidents of rape one after another, in Hathras, Shahjahanpur and Gorakhpur have shaken the



state.

"@myogiadityanath you are accountable for the safety of women in UP," the Congress leader tweeted.

The woman was shifted to a hospital in Delhi from Aligarh on Monday after her condition showed no signs of improvement.

The woman was gang-raped on September 14 following which she was admitted to the AMU's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Aligarh.

The accused had also tried to strangulate her to death as she resisted their attempt and in the process, she had also ended up biting her tongue and suffering a severe cut on it.

The four accused have already been arrested.