Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday to investigate the Hathras gang rape incident. The announcement was made by the Prime Minister’s Office (CMO) on Twitter.
“CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered the formation of a three-member SIT to investigate the Hathras incident. It will be led by the State Secretary of the Interior, Bhagwan Swarup, and will have as members Inspector General Chandraprakash and PAC Sena Nayak Poonam. The team has to submit a report within seven days, ”said a tweet from UP CM’s office.
The prime minister also ordered the trial of the case in a fast track court.
The 19-year-old victim was brutally gang-raped in a village in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh on September 14. She was initially rushed to JN Medical College and Hospital in Aligarh, but was transferred to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi after her condition deteriorated.
She continued to fight for her life for 15 days, but finally succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday.
The four defendants, meanwhile, have been detained by the police.
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