Anushka Sharma is devastated, says ‘I sincerely hope that strictest punishment is given to the barbaric men’

Along with several other celebrities who took to social media to express their reaction, Anushka Sharma too posted a story on Instagram expressing her grief on the same.

On 14th September 2020, a 19  year old Dalit girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh was brutally gang-raped. As per media reports, her spinal cord and neck were broken and her tongue was cut. This barbaric crime was carried out by four men, who belonged to the upper class society. However, after battling for her life for two weeks, she succumbed to her injuries. As the news of her demise made it to the headlines, it led to an uproar on social media. Several tweets of celebrities and other people expressed grief and disappointment on social media. Anushka Sharma too, took to her Instagram stories to express her ‘devastation’.

Anushka on Instagram wrote “The horrific story of Hathras gang rape has devasted me..I sincerely hope that strictest punishment is given to the barbaric men who have carried out such a horrific, inhuman act on a young life and caused her family irreparable pain.”

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Apart from her, several other celebrities like Riteish Deshmukh, Kangana Ranaut, Farhan Akhtar, Kriti Sanon, Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi too took to their respective social media accounts to react on the barbaric crime.

Farhan tweeted saying ” Sad sad day. How much longer can this be allowed to go on.. #Hathras ”

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