The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the Hathras incident, reconvened the victim’s father and two brothers for questioning on Wednesday.
They were also questioned by the CBI team on Tuesday. Speaking to ANI, SDM Anjali Gangwar, who has been assigned to care for the victim’s family, said that male members of the victim’s family will be questioned at the temporary office established by the victim. CBI team in Hathras.
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“The male members of the victim’s family will be questioned today in Hathras, they will go to a temporary office established by the IWC in Hathras. The female members will be questioned at home by IWC officials. We make sure they are not disturbed during the process. The CBI is investigating the case. They have their own set of procedures. The family has no problems in the investigation process, ”Gangwar said.
The victim’s relatives demanded that the accused be transferred to another prison in Aligarh.
“My husband was yesterday with the CBI at the scene of the incident. The CBI removed the victim’s slippers, ashes and other things. We demand that the accused be sent to another prison in Aligarh. They are not afraid. They live there as if they were at home, ”said the victim’s sister-in-law.
“The government and the administration should release the accused from Aligarh jail. We are cooperating with CBI. We are not afraid, ”said the victim’s brother.
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The CBI has established the office of the Deputy Director of Agriculture as its camp office in Hathras.
As part of the agency’s ongoing investigation, the CBI team on Tuesday collected samples from the location where the victim of the alleged gang rape was cremated on September 30.
A 19-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped and seriously injured in Hathras on 14 September. He succumbed to his injuries at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on September 29 and when his mortal remains were transferred to his birthplace, the UP Police and the administration allegedly forcibly cremated his body without the family’s consent or their presence , In the darkness of the night.
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