Hathras gangrape case: UP CM sets up SIT after PM Modi calls for strict action

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about the Hathras gang-rape case. The PM called for the “strictest action against the accused.”

CM Yogi has set up a three-member probe panel to look at the various allegations. The CM also said that the panel will submit its report within seven days.

In Hathras, a 20-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped and tortured by four persons on September 14. She was admitted to a hospital in Aligarh for treatment. Meanwhile, on her brother’s complaint, the Hathras Police lodged an FIR and arrested one of the accused. Three more persons were later arrested.

When the woman's condition deteriorated, she was shifted to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on September, 28. She died a day later.

Reports say that the family members have alleged that she was cremated at 2:30 am forcibly by the police against their wishes.

However, the Hathras police have denied all these allegations by putting up a written response on its Twitter handle. The police have even denied that she was gang-raped.

The police have said that it is incorrect to say that the women’s tongue was slashed and her backbone was broken.

It said that four people allegedly strangulated her which damaged her nervous system and paralyzed her. the SIT will now look into all the allegations.