Hathras rape and murder case taken over by CBI

The central government issued a notification on Saturday in this regard. Probe teams will soon be dispatched to the crime scene along with forensic experts immediately after the registration of an FIR, senior officials said. 

The Hathras girl who was 19 years old died on 29 of September at a Delhi



hospital, a fortnight after she was allegedly gang raped by four youths of her own village. All the four accused have been arrested. 

The UP government first formed an SIT to probe the case but after a nation-wide outcry, recommended a CBI probe. A few days later, during a hearing before the Supreme Court, it sought an SC-monitored probe into all aspects of the case. Besides gang rape and murder, it also includes alleged criminal conspiracy to spread caste conflict, instigating violence, incidents of vicious propaganda by sections of media and political interests, senior officials said.