CBI takes over probe into alleged gangrape of Dalit woman in Hathras

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 11

The CBI has taken over an investigation into the alleged gangrape of a Dalit woman in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh on September 14, officials said.

Officials in the agency said the CBI registered an FIR on Sunday morning under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) related to gang-rape and murder.

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“The case has been registered by the CBI on the request of Uttar Pradesh government and further notification from the government of India,” a spokesperson of the agency, RK Gaur said, adding that the complainant “had alleged that on 14.09.2020, the accused tried to strangulate his sister in the millet field”.

The CBI registered the FIR on the basis of the case, which was earlier registered at Chandpa Police Station, in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, on a complaint by the Victim’s brother.

The agency has constituted a team to probe the case, he said.

The 19-year-old woman died of severe assault injuries at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on September 29. She was allegedly gang-raped on September 14 by four upper-caste men.