New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for strict action against the culprits in the Hathras gang rape and assault case, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said Wednesday after a conversation with the former.
In a tweet in Hindi, the UP CM said, “Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji spoke on the Hathras incident and said strict action should be taken against the culprits.”
आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी ने हाथरस की घटना पर वार्ता की है और कहा है कि दोषियों के विरुद्ध कठोरतम कार्रवाई की जाए।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) September 30, 2020
The statement came amid outrage over the UP Police’s decision to forcibly cremate the 20-year-old Dalit victim’s body without the presence of her family members.
In another tweet, the CM said those guilty of the “unfortunate incident” will not be spared. He said a Special Investigation Team has been formed to investigate the case, which will submit its report in the next seven days. To ensure timely justice to the victim, the case will be tried in a fast-track court, he added.
हाथरस में बालिका के साथ घटित दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण घटना के दोषी कतई नहीं बचेंगे।
प्रकरण की जांच हेतु विशेष जांच दल का गठन किया गया है। यह दल आगामी सात दिवस में अपनी रिपोर्ट देगा।
त्वरित न्याय सुनिश्चित करने हेतु इस प्रकरण का मुकदमा फास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट में चलेगा।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) September 30, 2020
The case
The woman was allegedly gang raped and assaulted by four men on 14 September at Bool Garhi village in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. She succumbed to her injuries early Tuesday morning in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital.
Her body reached Bool Garhi district around 1 am on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. The UP Police cremated her body in the village without allowing her family members a “last look” even as they kept requesting them to wait until sunrise.
ThePrint reported that the police cremated her to “maintain the law and order situation” amid fears that the issue would be “blown out of proportion” and “politicised”.
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