“The forensic report has revealed that the 19-year-old Hathras woman, who succumbed to her injuries at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday night, was not raped,” reported PTI quoting a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer on Thursday.

ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar, citing a forensic science laboratory (FSL) report, said the cause of her death is an injury on the neck and trauma resulting due to it.

A 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped in UP’s Hathras two weeks ago. She succumbed to her injuries at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday night.

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“The report of the FSL has also come. It says clearly that samples did not have sperm. It makes clear that there was not rape or gang rape,” Kumar said, adding “Even the woman in her statement to police did not mention about rape but talked about ‘marpeet’ (beating) only.”

“For disturbing social harmony and create caste violence, some persons wrongly presented facts,” the UP police officer said.

“Police took immediate action in the case and now we will identify those who tried to disturb social harmony and create caste violence,” the ADG added, stressing that people “distorted facts” in the media.

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The incident has sent shockwaves across the country. Protests have erupted in different parts demanding justice for the victim.

Her body was allegedly ‘forcibly cremated’ by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday. In a separate incident reported from Balrampur, a 22-year-old Dalit woman died after allegedly being raped by two men.