LUCK: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has formally assumed the investigation in the Hathras gang rape Y murder case. A UP government spokesman told TOI on Saturday night that the central agency had accepted his recommendation to investigate the high-profile case.
The central government issued a notification on Saturday about it. Probing teams will soon be dispatched to the crime scene along with forensic experts immediately following an FIR search, senior officials said.
The 19 year old Hathras The girl died in a Delhi hospital on 29 September, 15 days after she was allegedly gang-raped by four young men from her own village. All four defendants have been arrested.
The UP government first formed an SIT to investigate the case, but after a nationwide protest, it recommended an investigation by the CBI. A few days later, during a hearing before the Supreme Court, he requested an investigation supervised by SC on all aspects of the case. In addition to gang rape and murder, it also includes an alleged criminal conspiracy to spread caste conflicts, instigate violence, incidents of ruthless propaganda by sectors of the media and political interests, senior officials said.
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