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

A man, who had filed a case after his daughter was molested, was on Monday allegedly shot by the accused and his aides in UP’s Hathras. In tears outside the hospital, the daughter of the victim was seen begging for justice as she identified the main accused.

In a heart-wrenching video that has emerged from Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh, a girl is seen begging for justice as she alleges that her father was gunned down by her harasser. The girl said her father had filed a complaint against one Gaurav Sharma in 2018 on charges of molestation. Irked by this, Gaurav Sharma and six others on Monday evening ambushed her father when he was working in his field at Naujarpur village of Sasni area and killed him, she alleged. They shot him in the temple, chest and back, the inconsolable girl is heard saying in the video. The man was grievously injured and succumbed to his injuries while on the way to the hospital.