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The 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped at a village in Hathras on September 14. After her condition deteriorated, she was referred to the Delhi's Safdarjung hospital where she breathed her last on Tuesday.

According to party spokesperson Anshu Awasthi, police personnel have been stationed outside Lallu's house here and he is not being allowed to venture outside.

Joint Magistrate Prem Prakash Meena refuted allegations that the administration had confined the victim's family and confiscated their phones.

On Thursday, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi along with several party leaders were detained by the police and sent back to Delhi, after they tried to reach Hathras to meet the family of the Dalit woman.

It will be a bigger offence if Hathras and Balrampur cases end up as just another set of cold statistics

We demand an FIR against the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police of Hathras, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav said.

The family has expressed suspicion that she was killed after sexual assault. However, rape can only be confirmed after the post-mortem report.