<p>Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday left the national capital for Hathras to meet the family members of the Dalit gang-rape victim, who died on Tuesday sparking nationwide outrage.</p>.<p>Sources said both the leaders left Janpath, Delhi, the residence of the Congress president, and entered UP via the DND flyover, where a large number of Congress workers had gathered. Traffic was disrupted in the area.</p>.<p>Congress leader Randeep Surjewala is accompanying the two senior leaders.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/hathras-rape-case-live-updates-yogi-adityanath-section-144-congress-rahul-priyanka-gandhi-sonia-modi-sit-Mayawati-895610.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hathras rape case live updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>In Hathras, the district magistrate has imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and ordered sealing of the district borders to maintain peace.</p>.<p>The Gandhis, who have been critical of the BJP-led UP government for failing to protect the victim, want to express their condolences and show solidarity to the victim's family in Hathras.</p>.<p>A 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four upper-caste men in Hathras on September 14 and referred to the Safdarjung hospital in Delhi on Monday with spinal cord injuries, paralysis and cuts in her tongue. She died around 3 am on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Congress media coordinator Lalan Kumar had said in Lucknow that a large number of party workers have gathered at Ghaziabad to receive the two leaders.</p>
<p>Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday left the national capital for Hathras to meet the family members of the Dalit gang-rape victim, who died on Tuesday sparking nationwide outrage.</p>.<p>Sources said both the leaders left Janpath, Delhi, the residence of the Congress president, and entered UP via the DND flyover, where a large number of Congress workers had gathered. Traffic was disrupted in the area.</p>.<p>Congress leader Randeep Surjewala is accompanying the two senior leaders.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/hathras-rape-case-live-updates-yogi-adityanath-section-144-congress-rahul-priyanka-gandhi-sonia-modi-sit-Mayawati-895610.html" target="_blank"><strong>Hathras rape case live updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>In Hathras, the district magistrate has imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and ordered sealing of the district borders to maintain peace.</p>.<p>The Gandhis, who have been critical of the BJP-led UP government for failing to protect the victim, want to express their condolences and show solidarity to the victim's family in Hathras.</p>.<p>A 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by four upper-caste men in Hathras on September 14 and referred to the Safdarjung hospital in Delhi on Monday with spinal cord injuries, paralysis and cuts in her tongue. She died around 3 am on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Congress media coordinator Lalan Kumar had said in Lucknow that a large number of party workers have gathered at Ghaziabad to receive the two leaders.</p>