Hathras gang rape case: UP CM Yogi Adityanath recommends CBI probe

Oct 3: The Hathras gangrape has drawn nationwide outrage after the victim died due to grievous injuries on Tuesday and was cremated in the dead of night allegedly without the consent of her family on Wednesday. Finally, ending a two-day standoff, the Uttar Pradesh administration on Saturday removed the barricades outside the girl’s village to allow the media to meet her family.

Amid mounting pressure on the state government due to protests across the country against its handling of the case, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the gang-rape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras.

मुख्यमंत्री श्री @myogiadityanath जी ने सम्पूर्ण हाथरस प्रकरण की जांच सीबीआई से कराए जाने के आदेश दिए हैं।

— CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) October 3, 2020

On Friday, the state government suspended five police personnel, including Hathras SP Vikrant Vir. Amid allegations of intimidation by the district administration, the state government also announced that all, including the cops and the victim’s family, will have to undergo a polygraph and narco test to establish the veracity of their claims.

After meeting the victim’s kin in Hathras on Saturday evening, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi said that the UP government should ensure the safety of the aggrieved family. Meanwhile, several journalists, including those from TV channels, also made their way to the village where various family members spoke of their grief and trauma. The Dalit teen died in New Delhi’s Safdarjang Hospital on Tuesday, a fortnight after she was brutally gang-raped and tortured by ‘upper’ caste men in while she was out to get fodder on September 14.