Issues a revised press release to take over the “attempted murder” case.
Just hours after publishing an FIR and press release on taking over the investigation into the gang rape of Hathras and the murder of a Dalit woman, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) removed the investigation from its website.
The CBI formally took over the case after the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) issued a notice authorizing the agency to investigate the case, and registered an FIR early Sunday under Section 307 (Attempted murder), 376 (D) (Gang rape) and IPC 302 (Murder) and Section 3 (2) (v) of the SC / ST (Atrocity Prevention) Act, 1989.
The Anti-Corruption Section (ACB) of the CBI’s Ghaziabad unit cited “rape, attempted murder, gang rape and murder (other)” as alleged crimes in the case. Although the FIR and a press release were posted on the agency’s website, the FIR was subsequently removed. The link in the press release now leads to a bank fraud case.
In the late afternoon, a new statement was published stating that the agency had registered a case “against an accused and had taken over the investigation of the case, previously recorded in video CC no-136/2020 at Chandpa Police Station, Hathras District, Uttar Pradesh about a complaint. The author had alleged that on 14 September 2020 the accused tried to strangle his sister in the millet field. The case has been registered by CBI at the request of the government of Uttar Pradesh and in addition to the government of India ”.
FIR No. CC 136/2020 which the IWC removed from its website hours after taking over the investigation into the Hathras gang rape and murder case. Photo: Special arrangement
Click here for the PDF version of the FIR.
The case was originally recorded as an attempted murder of a Dalit at the Chandpa police station in Hathras district on September 14. Neither the complaint nor the first FIR had made any mention of rape or gang rape.
After the 19-year-old victim succumbed to injuries in a Delhi hospital on September 29, sparking national outrage, political parties, activists and others called for an in-depth investigation into the gruesome crime.
The problem took a turn when the Department of Forensic Medicine at the Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital and College of Medicine of the Muslim University of Aligarh said there were no signs to suggest vaginal or anal intercourse. But the report said there was evidence of assault with injuries to the body that was cremated by police on the night of September 29, allegedly without the consent of the aggrieved family.
