New Delhi: A day after Hathras rape victim succumbed to her grievous injuries in a Delhi hospital, the body of the 19-year-old Dalit woman, was cremated here 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.

As news of her death spread, protests broke out in Delhi as well as in Hathras with all sections of society, including politicians, sports and cine stars, and activists, expressing their anguish and demanding justice for her.

On Wednesday after the reports of forced cremation started doing rounds across social media platforms, Twitter users demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with several hashtags trending on the micro-blogging site.

Hashtags #YogiMustResign #ResignAdityanath #HathrasHorrorShocksIndia were top trending on Twitter which had grossed lakhs of tweets at the time posting of this report.

Here are some of the tweets from Wednesday’s campaign demanding the resignation of Yogi Adityanath.

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Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.

He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.