Rape of Hathras: Prime Minister Modi called for “the strictest action against the accused,” Yogi Adityanath said.
Lucknow:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for “the strictest action against the accused” in the gang rape and torture of a 20-year-old woman in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today amid outrage. national for the incident. A three-member panel was established to investigate the crime, the Chief Minister said, adding that the panel will present a report in seven days.
Yogi Adityanath has also called for the trial to be held in fast track court.
The special investigation team will be headed by Interior Secretary Bhagwan Swaroop, Deputy Inspector General of Police Chandraprakash and IPS Officer Poonam.
The woman died yesterday morning at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. She had suffered multiple fractures, paralysis and a cut to her tongue in the horrific assault that fakedled the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape.
She was cremated by police officers last night, allegedly while her family and relatives were locked up in their homes. A disturbing sequence of events captured in footage overnight shows the family arguing with the police, female relatives throwing themselves on the hood of the ambulance carrying the body, and a helpless crying mother as the police insist on taking their daughter directly to the cremation, not allowing a last look.
The four attackers, men of upper castes from the village of women, are in jail. Now they will also be charged with murder.
UP police are under scrutiny for alleged lapses throughout the case. They initially registered an attempted murder case, but added rape charges only after the woman’s formal statement. Yesterday, a senior official said the rape had not been confirmed and that they were awaiting a forensic report.
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