Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Wednesday gave a ten-day extension to the Special Investigation Team constituted by his governm...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Wednesday gave a ten-day extension to the Special Investigation Team constituted by his government to submit their report on the death and gangrape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras, ANI reported. The three-member team was supposed to submit its findings on Wednesday.
The special team includes UP Home Secretary Bhagwan Swaroop, Deputy Inspector General of Police Chandraprakash and police officer Poonam, according to NDTV.
“The SIT team probing the Hathras case has been given 10 days more time to submit their report,” said Awanish K Awasthi, state additional chief secretary, home department. “The team was supposed to submit the report to the chief minister today [Wednesday] but the scope of investigation of the team has been extended on the order of the chief minister.”
Four upper-caste Thakur men had brutally raped and tortured the woman, who succumbed to her injuries on September 29. The Uttar Pradesh administration had then hurriedly cremated her body against her family’s wishes while they had been locked inside their home, leading to an outpouring of anger and protests.
Amid countrywide outrage over the case, Adityanath had on September 30 formed the three-member SIT, which was instructed to submit its report within seven days. He also suspended Hathras Superintendent of...Read more
