The victim’s family left Hathras at around 5 am on Monday morning. The victim’s parents, two brothers and a sister-in-law are going to Lucknow.
Lucknow| The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court is scheduled to conduct a major hearing today in the alleged rape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. The victim’s family left for Lucknow in the morning under tight security. On October 1, the court took suo motu cognizance into the matter.
The court has summoned the state’s Additional Chief Secretary Home Avanish Awasthi, DGP HC Awasthi, ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar, DM and SP of Hathras. The victim’s family also has to appear in court for testimony. Vinod Shahi will advocate for the government in the High Court, while the court has appointed senior advocate JN Mathur as amicus curiae.
The victim’s family left Hathras at around 5 am on Monday morning. The victim’s parents, two brothers and a sister-in-law are going to Lucknow. SDM Anjali Gangwar and CO Shailendra Bajpai have commanded the security system.
Six vehicles will escort the family of the victim who will be seated in the two vehicles. Brother of the victim said that the family will tell the court whatever has happened. Earlier, he refused to go to Lucknow on Sunday night. He feared that said that anything could happen to them at night.
On the other hand, after registering the case, the Anti Corruption Branch of CBI has reached Hathras and started investigation. The investigation is being carried out by deputy SP Seema Pahuja. The CBI has taken the FIR and documents from the police on Sunday itself. If sources are to be believed, today the CBI team will reach the spot to investigate. The forensic team will also be present along with the team and will gather evidence after inspecting the scene. The investigators will also talk to the authorities. The CBI postmortem report will collect the investigation sample and all the relevant evidence taken earlier by the forensic team.
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