Hathras: Delhi AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar has been booked for meeting Hathras victim's family even after testing positive for coronavirus, police said.
The FIR was registered against the Kondli MLA under the Epidemic Diseases Act at Chandpa Police Station here for violating the COVID-19 protocol, they said.
According to sources he tested positive for the disease on September 29 and met the victim’s family on October 4.
The police said the legislator should have followed coronavirus related norms, adding that he would be sent a notice in this regard.
A 19-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by four upper-caste men on September 14 in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras. She was found beaten and tortured. She died a fortnight later at a Delhi hospital.
The girl was cremated in the dead of night on September 30. Her family alleged that it was a forced cremation.
The incident triggered nationwide outrage.
(With inputs from agencies)
