The Yogi Adityanath administration in Uttar Pradesh on Friday suspended SP, DSP, inspector and other officials amid outrage over gangrape and murder of 19-year-old girl in Hathras. Also, narco polygraph tests of SP and DSP will also be conducted, UP Chief Minister's Office said. The girl was allegedly gangraped by a group of men in Hathras and succumbed to injuries in a Delhi hospital caused after brutal torture by the accused.
The Yogi administration have suspended 5 cops in total. Meanwhile, an Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing the entire case.
As protests intensify across the country, activists took out a candlelight vigil on Friday to pay homage to the victim who was gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras and demanded justice for her.
At the same time, Hathras village has been turned into fortress with heavy a presence of police as media or any political delegation not being allowed to meet the family members of the victim.
An investigation in the case is underway while Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has already announced Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia and a government job for victim's family.
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