The decision was announced by the Chief Minister’s Office minutes after Congressional leaders Rahul gandhi Y Priyanka gandhi Vadra ended his visit to the home of the victim’s family in a village in Hathras district.
Hours earlier, Awanish Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary of Additional UP (Home), and the Director General of Police, HC Awasthi, had also traveled from Lucknow to meet the family.
The authorities also allowed the media to enter the town, lifting previously imposed restrictions.
“Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the IWC to carry out an investigation into the entire Hathras episode,” the CM Office said, and his tweet capped a day of protests and criticism over the handling of the case by the CM. BJP government in the state. .
मुख्यमंत्री श्री @myogiadityanath जी ने सम्पूर्ण हाथरस प्रकरण की जांच सीबीआई से कराए जाने के आदेश दिए हैं।
– CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) 1601737262000
Later, Adityanath said that the state government is seeking an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation to investigate all aspects related to the Hathras episode.
“We are determined to guarantee the most severe punishment for all those responsible for this incident,” he tweeted in Hindi.
हाथरस की दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण घटना और जुड़े सभी बिंदुओं की गहन पड़ताल के उद्देश्य से @UPGovt इस प्रकरण की विवेचना केंद्री… https://t.co/x7RgnUyHSp
– Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) 1601739250000
In reaction to the announcement, the victim’s relatives said they want an investigation supervised by the Supreme Court.
The Dalit teenager died from her serious injuries in the early hours of Tuesday in a Delhi hospital, 15 days after she was attacked.
She was cremated in the middle of the night near her home on Wednesday. Her family alleged that the local police forced them to hastily perform their last rites.
On Saturday, the Prime Minister of West Bengal Mamata banerjee led a protest rally in Calcutta.
“Covid-19 is not a major pandemic. The BJP is the largest pandemic. It is the largest pandemic of atrocities against Dalits and backward communities,” said the Trinamool Congress leader.
When they left the home of Hathras’ victim, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi vowed to fight for justice for the woman.
“We will fight injustice and we will fight until justice is done,” Priyanka Gandhi told reporters. Rahul Gandhi said that no power can stifle the voice of the grieving family.
The 45-minute meeting ended a confrontation between Congress and UP authorities, which had spoiled an earlier attempt by the two leaders to travel to Hathras, detaining them and several party workers in Greater Noida, in outside of Delhi on Thursday.
Congress organized another rally on the Delhi-Noida border on Saturday. The congressional workers got into a fight with the police and were allegedly charged with lathi. The demonstration caused a massive traffic jam on the road leading to Noida.
When a delegation of congressional deputies and other leaders arrived at the barricades, Noida police said they will allow five party representatives to meet the family in Hathras, about 150 kilometers away.
Priyanka Gandhi was at the wheel when the two leaders headed towards Hathras. Some other Congressional leaders met them in Mathura.
The Gandhis were joined by KC Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Mukul Wasnik, according to UP Congress leader Pradeep Mathur, who joined the Congressional cavalcade in Mathura.
In Hathras, the additional chief secretary (Interior), Awanish Awasthi, had told reporters that “any group with no more than five people” can meet with the victim’s family, which makes a difference from the last days when the media and politicians, including the Trinamool Congress, were rejected from the people.
He said suspension orders for police personnel, including the police superintendent, were issued on Friday within two hours of receiving the first report from the Special Investigation Team sent to the village.
“It is an extremely sad incident. We met all the family members. We spoke with them and assured them that the strictest measures would be taken against all the culprits,” Awasthi said.
“Whatever the points and complaints they have raised, SIT will take note of them and we will make every effort to have each of them addressed,” he added.
As the congressional delegation from Delhi prepared to head to Hathras, the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh unit, Ajay Kumar Lallu, alleged that he had been placed under house arrest.
In Varanasi, a group of congressional workers blocked the parade of the Syndicate Minister Smriti Irani. Congressional spokesman Lalan Kumar said protesting party workers, who raised anti-government slogans and demanded justice for the woman’s family, were later arrested.
In a press conference, the Minister for Development of Women and Children accused the opposition of playing politics on the Hathras issue.
“The victim will receive justice. I have spoken with the chief minister. Once the SIT submits its report, the prime minister will take action against the accused, ”Irani said.
In Agra, dozens of protesters from the Valmiki community threw stones at police officers and government vehicles.
Earlier, BSP Chairman Mayawati had demanded a CBI or Supreme Court-supervised investigation into the Hathras episode.
“There is tremendous resentment across the country over the heinous case of the Hathras grape. The public does not seem satisfied with the initial report of the investigation, ”he tweeted in Hindi.
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