Rahul Gandhi falls during confrontation in Uttar Pradesh

Indian police briefly detained several opposition leaders including Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi as they headed toward the site where a low-caste young woman died this week after being gang-raped, Reuters reported.

Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi, siblings and leaders of the main opposition Congress Party, were blocked and arrested by police as they tried to drive then walk to see the dead woman’s family in Hathras, a district of Uttar Pradesh state about 100 km from Delhi.

Video footage from ANI news agency showed Rahul Gandhi jostling with police before falling to the ground.

The Gandhis and 250 other Congress workers had now been released, Uttar Pradesh Congress Chief Ajay Kumar Lallu told Reuters.

After clashes in the area on Wednesday, authorities said on Thursday they were barring gatherings of five or more people and would block politicians from the area.

In the latest case of violence against women to grab headlines in India, the 19-year-old woman from the Dalit community died from injuries on Tuesday after being attacked on Sept. 14 near her home, authorities said.