BADAUN: On Saturday, family members of the two teenage cousin dalit sisters who were gang-raped and hanged, termed the incident as more gruesome than December 16 gang-rape case and demanded that the accused should be hanged publicly.
Father of one of the victims, who was gang-raped in Ushait area on the night of May 27, said that the incident was "more gruesome than Delhi gang-rape case which rocked the nation".
He also demanded a CBI probe, adding that there should be nothing less than capital punishment.
"The manner in which the entire world saw our innocent girls hanging, we want that in the same manner it should watch the accused hanging. They should be hanged publicly," he said.
The father said that he did not believe in the promises and announcements of the state government.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav had come down heavily on police officers on Friday, warning them that such incidents should not be repeated any cost.
He had said that the family of the victims should be given financial assistance of Rs five lakh each.
However, the victim's father said that they don't want any compensation.
"We want justice, not compensation," he said.
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