Hathras gangrape case: CBI chargesheet highlights UP Police's 'lapses'

The CBI has raised questions on the handling of the alleged Hathras gangrape and murder case by the Uttar Pradesh Police and alleged that the latter ignored allegations of sexual assault and did not get the victims medical examination conducted on timeThe Central Bureau of Investigation CBI filed a chargesheet in the Hathras case on December 18 in a Hathras courtThe 19page chargesheet accessed by IANS alleged that the police did not take down the womans oral statement at the Chandpa police station when she went there on September 14 to report the crimePolice twice ignored her allegations of sexual assault which led to loss of forensic evidence the agency saidHer statement was written five days later and she was medically examined for sexual assault only on September 22 eight days after the alleged crime the chargesheet claimedComing down hard on the police working the CBI said that the victim used the word zabardasti use of force at the Chandpa police station but it was ignored and neither any medical examination got conducted nor rape law invokedIt said that the 19year old victim was referred to Aligarh as her condition was seriousThe CBI said that on September 19 the victim in her police statement used the word chedkhani molestation at that time only Section 354 of the IPC was added but again neither the police requested for or referred her for medical examination in the light of sexual assaultOnly on September 22 after the victim explicitly used the word balatkaar rape against the four accused was her medical examination for sexual assault carried out by medical officials said CBIWhile putting down her statement in writing for the first time the police did not add the names of two other coaccused though the same were mentioned the CBI allegedThe Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped by four upper caste men in Hathras on September 14 She died on September 29 at Delhis Safdarjung HospitalThe polices handling of the case particularly the latenight cremation of the victim allegedly without the familys approval led to angry protests across the countryThe officials however maintained that the cremation was done as per the wishes of the familyThe CBI had constituted a special team to probe the case after its Ghaziabad unit was assigned the matter The team recorded the statements of family members of the victimThe CBI officials who had camped in Hathras after taking over the case on October 11 had also met the doctors at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital where the victim was treated after the alleged gang rape on September 14The Yogi Adityanath government had faced a lot of flak for the handling of the caseKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latestCrime National International and Hatke newshereAlso download the new middayAndroidandiOSapps to get latest updatesMidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever