Uttar Pradesh police will recreate the crime scene in the Hathras gang rape case to find the “missing links” amid contrasting statements from the 19-year-old Dalit victim’s family and versions offered by other villagers, he said. the superior police. officials aware of the investigation.
The 19-year-old Dalit victim was injured in the brutal attack after she was allegedly gang-raped by upper-caste youths on September 14. He succumbed to his injuries in a Delhi hospital on September 29.
A senior police official said investigators are trying to collect all possible evidence related to the crime. He further said that they (the investigators) have decided to recreate the crime scene in different ways since the statements of the family and other witnesses are quite different.
Another official, who requested anonymity, said investigators have found four sickles and a slipper from the crime scene in a ‘bajra’ field near the victim’s home. He said it suggests there were at least four people who were cutting crops and they may have been eyewitnesses to the entire episode.
The statement from the victim’s mother and brother, the officer said, will be recorded in detail to recreate the sequence of events in their presence. He said that although the state government has already recommended a CBI investigation into the case, law enforcement investigators are trying to collect all the details related to the crime and will be turned over to the CBI when it takes over the case.
5 suspended police officers
Meanwhile, the three-member SIT recorded the testimony of several witnesses on Friday. Based on the preliminary SIT report, the state government previously suspended five police officers, including then-Hathras Police Superintendent Vikrant Vir.
The SIT is made up of Secretary (internal) Bhagwan Swaroop Srivastava, Deputy Inspector General of Police Chandra Prakash and Commander of the Provincial Armed Police (PAC), Agra, Poonam (has only one name).
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