Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday announced that he is recommending a CBI probe into the Hathras case, amid a growing political storm over the death of the 19-year-old Dalit victim who was brutally assaulted and allegedly gang-raped by 4 men. He also said that his government is 'determined to ensure the harshest punishment for those guilty in the entire incident.
The development came within hours of Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi and Director General of Police H C Awasthy meeting the victim's family at her home in Hathras on the direction of the chief minister.
A SIT formed on Adityanath's order has already begun its investigations and even visited the victim's house on Saturday after the Gandhis left. The SIT meanwhile has said that it will carry on with its probe.