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Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi arrested while marching towards Hathras to meet victim family

Uttar Pradesh Police Personnel also told Gandhi that his sister and he have been arrested as they were marching in an area where section 144 has been imposed.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi fell down as he is manhandled by Uttar Pradesh Police at Yamuna Expressway while he was on his way to Hathras, on Thursday. A 19-year-old woman succumbed to her injury after being gang-raped in Hathras.
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The Uttar Pradesh Police detained former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and pushed him on the ground near the Yamuna Expressway on Thursday. He was detained along with his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, while they were walking towards Hathras to meet the family of the rape victim.

Gandhi, along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior leaders had left Delhi on Thursday to meet the family of the Hathras rape victim.

However, they began marching towards Hathras after their vehicle was stopped near the Yamuna Expressway.

Later Rahul Gandhi told the media, "Just now police pushed me, lathi-charged me and threw me on the ground. I want to ask, can only (Narendra) Modiji walk in this country? Can't a normal person walk? Our vehicle was stopped, so we started walking."

Uttar Pradesh Police Personnel also told Gandhi that his sister and he have been arrested as they were marching in an area where section 144 has been imposed.

The section relates to assembly of not more than five people at one place.

Gandhi said that even if Section 144 had been imposed, he will walk alone towards Hathras to meet the family of the rape victim.

Before his arrest, the Congress leaders had a heated exchange with police personnel and asked the grounds on which they were being arrested.

According to Ranvijay Singh, Additional DCP, Gautam Budh Nagar, Rahul Gandhi has been taken into custody and they won`t be allowed to go further as the police have a letter from DM Hathras saying that if they visit Hathras, it may disturb the law and order situation in the district.

Also, there is the issue of providing security cover to them.

Rahul Gandhi, along with Priyanka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Rajiv Shukla and several other top leaders was walking towards Hathras to meet the family of the victims a day after the last rites of the rape victim were allegedly performed during the night in the absence of her family members.

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