Hathras case: Victim's family members to appear before HC today

The victim died in a Delhi hospital last month, triggering nationwide protest.

The family members left their Hathras residence to appear before the court in state capital Lucknow on Monday morning.

Hathras is around 380 kms away from Lucknow.

According to reports, security has been beefed up in the court area for the appearance of the family members.

The Centre on Saturday issued a notification for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the investigation into the case.

On September 14, a 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped at a village in Hathras by four men and also brutally beaten by the alleged assailants. She was admitted to a Hospital in Aligarh, but when her condition deteriorated, she was rushed to the Safdarjung hospital in Delhi, where she succumbed to her injuries.

The woman was cremated in the early hours of September 29, allegedly without the consent and presence of her family members.

On October 6, the state government had urged the Supreme Court to direct a CBI probe in the case, while responding to a PIL file in the apex court.

The state government also constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate this incident and to furnish report within the stipulated time and sought report on mishandling of the case by the local administration.

The UP administration had also suspended the Hathras Superintendent of Police, the Deputy Superintendent of Police, and the Police station In-Charge Inspector, over the allegations of mismanagement of the incident.