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Hathras case: Security beefed up at Jantar Mantar as hundreds gather to protest

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New Delhi, Oct 02: Security has been beefed up at the Jantar Mantar here where hundreds of civil society activists, students, Aam Aadmi Party and Left leaders gathered to protest against the Hathras gang-rape-and-murder case Besides ground force, senior police officers and paramilitary personnel have been deployed manage the crowd.

Hathras case: Security beefed up at Jantar Mantar as hundreds gather to protest

The protest site has been barricaded by the police to restrict the movement of protesters, an official said.

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Senior lawyer Prashant Bhusan, actor Swara Bhasker, CPI(M) leaders Brinda Karat and Sitaram Yechury, and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj are among those who gathered at the Jantar Mantar, demanding the justice for the Hathras victim.

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