Finally a good news! CBI Probe for rapists

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday ordered a CBI probe for the alleged gang-rape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman, which triggered a nationwide outrage. The decision was announced by the Chief Minister’s Office minutes after Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra winded up their visit to the victim’s family at a village in Hathras district.

Hours earlier, UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi and Director General of Police H C Awasthi too had travelled from Lucknow to meet the family. Authorities also allowed the media to enter the village, lifting restrictions imposed earlier.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered that a probe should be conducted by the CBI into the entire Hathras episode. The CM’s Office said, “We are determined to ensure the harshest punishment for all those responsible for this incident, he tweeted in Hindi”.

Reacting to the announcement, the family members of the victim said that they want a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry. The Dalit teen died of her grievous injuries in the early hours of Tuesday at a Delhi hospital, a fortnight after she was attacked. She was cremated in the dead of night near her home on Wednesday. Her family alleged they were forced by local police to hurriedly conduct her last rites. On Saturday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led a protest rally in Kolkata.

“COVID-19 is not a big pandemic. The BJP is the biggest pandemic. It is the biggest pandemic of atrocities against Dalit and backward communities”, the Trinamool Congress leader said.