The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad HC will hear the family members of the Hathras gang-rape victim as well as the top Govt & Police officials on Monday. The case in which a nineteen-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by 4 upper caste men on Sept 14, leading to her death later on Sept 29, has shaken the conscience of the nation. With a Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Govt & the CBI probing into the incident parallelly, the probe has picked up the pace.

Security beefed up for family members

District Judge of Hathras has been appointed as the nodal officer for the appearance of the Hathras victim’s family member before the HC. The Police & District Administration are working on an elaborate plan in this regard as to how many family members will go & when they will depart from Hathras.

The Hathras Police will be responsible for their security.

DIG Shalabh Mathur has been sent to Hathras from Lucknow as a nodal officer. He has said that if needed a control room would also be established in Hathras.

60 security personnel have been deployed & eight close circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed at the house.

Allahabad High Court hearing: What to expect

The High Court of Allahabad took a suo moto cognisance of the case & expressed its shock over the incident & what followed later — a hurried & forced cremation of the victim allegedly without the consent of her family members.

The division bench of Justice Rajan Roy & Justice Jaspreet Singh summoned Uttar Pradesh additional chief secretary, state police chief & an Additional Director General of Police, Hathras District Magistrate & Superintendent of Police (SP).

Vikrant Veer was the SP when the incident took place. He has now been suspended & Vineet Jaiswal has taken charge.

The court will hear the officials & the family members.

Status of the SIT probe

Following the initial report of the Special Investigation Team, set up by the Govt of UP, the state decided to suspend the Police Officers. The SIT is continuing its probe & has visited the village & met the family members. It is likely to submit its report next week after its deadline got extended by ten days. 

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