Hathras rape: PM Modi directs UP CM Yogi Adityanath to take 'strictest action' against culprits

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with UP CM Yogi Adityanath over the Hathras gang-rape case and directed that the strictest action should be taken against the accused amid the nationwide outrage.

PM Modi said that "strictest action should be taken against the culprits" in the rape case.

आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी ने हाथरस की घटना पर वार्ता की है और कहा है कि दोषियों के विरुद्ध कठोरतम कार्रवाई की जाए।

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) September 30, 2020

Meanwhile, after politics erupted on the death of Hathras gang-rape victim, UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday directed trial of the Hathras gang-rape case in a fast track court.

CM Adityanath constituted a three-member SIT to probe matter and has directed it to submit the report in seven days.

हाथरस में बालिका के साथ घटित दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण घटना के दोषी कतई नहीं बचेंगे।

प्रकरण की जांच हेतु विशेष जांच दल का गठन किया गया है। यह दल आगामी सात दिवस में अपनी रिपोर्ट देगा।

त्वरित न्याय सुनिश्चित करने हेतु इस प्रकरण का मुकदमा फास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट में चलेगा।

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) September 30, 2020

The last rites of the Hathras gang-rape victim were performed at her native place in the wee hours of Wednesday.

However, the family of the 19-year-old victim alleged on Wednesday that the police were forcibly trying to get her body cremated in the middle of the night.

Local police officers, however, said that the cremation was being carried out as per the wishes of the family.

The 19-year-old died in Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday, after she was gang-raped in Hathras a fortnight ago. The victim was brought to Safdarjung Hospital on Monday from Aligarh Muslim University Medical College.