Hathras gang rape: CBI team reaches spot where victim was gang-raped

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on Tuesday reached the spot where the victim of the alleged gang rape was cremated in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh on September 30th. The officers collected the samples from the spot, as a part of their ongoing investigation.

The team called the victim's brother to identify the place and directed the local police to cordon off the crime scene, nearly a month after the woman was allegedly raped and assaulted by four men of the village.

The investigators are likely to return with forensic experts from Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to carry out a detailed crime scene recreation, they said.

A notification issued by the Centre on the request of the state government had asked the CBI to probe, rape, murder and atrocity and "any attempt, abetment and/or conspiracy, in relation to or in connection with such offence(s) and/or for any other offence committed in the course of the same transaction or arising out of the same facts". 

"The complainant had alleged that on September 14, 2020 the accused tried to strangulate his sister in the millet field. The case has been registered by CBI on the request of Uttar Pradesh government and further notification from Government of India," CBI Spokesperson RK Gaur had said after registration of the FIR on Sunday. 

Hathras: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team reaches the spot where the victim of the alleged gang rape was cremated on September 30th. Samples being collected from the spot, as a part of their ongoing investigation. pic.twitter.com/FNaWQGU7sT

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