Security beefed up, metal detector gates installed outside Hathras rape victim's house

In the latest development on the Hathras rape case, security has been beefed up outside victim's house. According to reports, metal detector gates have been installed outside the victim’s house in Hathras. A record of entry and departure of all visitors to the village is also being maintained. This comes amid security concerns of the victim’s kins, who were earlier issued threats by “upper-caste” Thakurs. Earlier, the UP CM had suspended Hathras superintendent of police (SP), deputy superintendent of police (DSP), station inspector and some other officials on the basis of the findings of the first report. 

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, has been given 10 more days by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to submit its findings on the case. Notably, the SIT was given seven day’s time initially, and it was supposed to submit its report today. For the unversed, the  Dalit teen was reportedly sexually attacked by four upper-caste men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras. The accused had tried to strangle her to death as she resisted their rape attempt and in the process, she had also ended up biting her tongue and suffering a severe cut on it. The four accused have been arrested. She lost her life at a Delhi hospital last week. The body of the victim was cremated at around 3 AM by Uttar Pradesh police last Wednesday. If reports are to be believed, the UP Police had forcibly performed the last rites without giving heed to the family’s repeated requests of bringing the body home first.