The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to explain how much more time the agency neede...
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to explain how much more time the agency needed to complete its inquiry into the Hathras rape case, Live Law reported on Thursday. The court asked the investigators to file a status report on November 25, the next date of hearing.
A 19-year-old Dalit woman succumbed to her injuries at a hospital in Delhi on September 29 after four upper-caste Thakur men raped and tortured her on September 14. 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. On October 10, the CBI took over the investigation, after the state government’s handling of the case came under public scrutiny.
A bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Rajan Roy issued the directives to CBI on Monday while hearing a petition the court had earlier filed suo motu in the case. The order was made available on the court website on Thursday.
“The CBI is directed to file a status report with regard to the ongoing investigation, before the next date [November 25],” the bench said. “It shall also indicate as to approximately...
