IANS
A petition has been filed in Allahabad High Court on behalf of the family members of the Hathras victim, alleging that the district administration has illegally confined them in their house.
The court has been requested to direct the district administration that the “family members be released from illegal confinement and allowed to move out of their house and meet people”.
This habeas corpus writ petition, filed by the family members of the victim, is listed on October 8 for hearing.
Om Prakash, who is the father of the victim, along with her mother, two brothers and two more family members have filed the petition.
In the petition, it has been alleged that on September 29 the petitioners were illegally confined in their house by the district administration and since then they are not being allowed to meet anyone.