Hathras Gang-Rape: UP CM Yogi Adityanath forms 3-member SIT to probe case

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the Hathras gang-rape incident. The CM said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a strict action against the four accused. The news was shared on Twitter by the chief minister’s office (CMO).

“CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered the formation of a three-member SIT to investigate the Hathras incident. It will be headed by state home secretary Bhagwan Swarup, and will have inspector general Chandraprakash and PAC Sena Nayak Poonam as members. The team has to submit a report within seven days,” a tweet from the UP CM’s office said.

CM Yogi Adityanath forms a three-member SIT to investigate #Hathras gangrape incident, the team to submit a report within 7 days. CM also directs for trial of the case in a fast-track court. pic.twitter.com/9fVzJaNGdm

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 30, 2020

The chief minister also directed for the trial of the case in a fast-track court. The Special SIT team will be headed by Home Secretary Bhagwan Swaroop and Deputy Inspector General of Police Chandraprakash and IPS officer Poonam.

The 19-year-old young girl was brutally gang-raped and tortured by four men of the upper caste in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras on September 14. She had suffered multiple fractures, paralysis, and a gash in her tongue in the horrific assault. The girl succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday and was allegedly cremated by the UP police at 3 am in the morning. Her family and relatives were locked up in their homes.

All four accused are presently in jail.

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