<p>A group of Congress workers blocked the cavalcade of Union minister Smriti Irani in Varanasi in protest against the alleged gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p>The protesters raised anti-government slogans and demanded justice for the woman's family.</p>.<p>Congress spokesman Lalan Kumar said here that protesting party workers were later arrested.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/hathras-rape-case-live-updates-yogi-adityanath-section-144-congress-rahul-priyanka-gandhi-sonia-narendra-modi-sit-mayawati-arrest-curfew-delhi-uttar-pradesh-896525.html#1" target="_blank"><strong>Hathras rape case live updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>The Union minister is in Varanasi to hold a dialogue with farmers and agriculture scientists.</p>.<p>The 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped at a village in Hathras by four men on September 14. After her condition deteriorated, she was referred to the Delhi's Safdarjung hospital where she breathed her last on Tuesday.</p>.<p>She was cremated in the early hours of Wednesday, with her family alleging the local police forced them to conduct the last rites in the dead of the night.</p>.<p>Local police officers, however, had said the cremation was carried out "as per the wishes of the family". </p>
<p>A group of Congress workers blocked the cavalcade of Union minister Smriti Irani in Varanasi in protest against the alleged gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p>The protesters raised anti-government slogans and demanded justice for the woman's family.</p>.<p>Congress spokesman Lalan Kumar said here that protesting party workers were later arrested.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/hathras-rape-case-live-updates-yogi-adityanath-section-144-congress-rahul-priyanka-gandhi-sonia-narendra-modi-sit-mayawati-arrest-curfew-delhi-uttar-pradesh-896525.html#1" target="_blank"><strong>Hathras rape case live updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>The Union minister is in Varanasi to hold a dialogue with farmers and agriculture scientists.</p>.<p>The 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped at a village in Hathras by four men on September 14. After her condition deteriorated, she was referred to the Delhi's Safdarjung hospital where she breathed her last on Tuesday.</p>.<p>She was cremated in the early hours of Wednesday, with her family alleging the local police forced them to conduct the last rites in the dead of the night.</p>.<p>Local police officers, however, had said the cremation was carried out "as per the wishes of the family". </p>