The DOWNside of UP!
The crime rate of UP is lesser than that of Bihar and MP..! This statement is a dialogue by the CM-to-become MadhuriDevi in the second season of Mirzapur, the most popular web series. An otherwise unknown town in UP is in the limelight due to this current gory drama. Just like Hathras, the small village in UP came in national news due to the gory incident where a 19-year-old girl was allegedly raped by four dominant caste men. The rape victim succumbed to injuries in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital and it sparked protests and anguish across the country. All four accused she named were arrested by the Police after the incident. However, her dead body was cremated near her home in Hathras in the dead of the night with her family alleging they were forced by local police to conduct the last rites. Although the incident is now forgotten by the mainstream media and the Web-series watching public that would have heard the name of Hathras for the first time. For the binge-watching viewers,