Security of Hathras victim's family tightened

The Uttar Pradesh government deployed round-the-clock security outside the house of the Hathras victim, accepting the family's plea. Two armed policemen will be on duty for the protection of the victim's brother.

Hathras: Uttar Pradesh government has provided security to family members of the Hathras rape victim.

The victim's brother said, "We were in dire need of safety. We needed it. We are afraid of death threats. The coming days will be more challenging for us."

Two armed policemen will be on duty for the protection of the victim's brother.

Along with the brother's security, there will be a deployment of 12-15 PAC personnel in the village to ensure 24-hour security to the family.

''Three Station House Officers (SHO), a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) rank officer will also be deployed to ensure protection to the family who will maintain law and order situation. Women police will also be deployed. Security has been tightened around the victim's house in Hathras," said Superintendent of Police, Vineet Jaiswal.

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He further added that all activities are being closely monitored. Law and order will not be allowed to deteriorate at any cost.

On October 2, the Uttar Pradesh government had suspended the then SP, DSP, an inspector and some other officials on the basis of the first report of a Special Investigation Team probing the matter, even as it handed over the matter to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The 19-year-old Hathras woman succumbed to brutal assault injuries in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital last month. The post-mortem report said that the victim suffered a fracture of "cervical vertebra".

Amid enormous outrage by the opposition parties and civil society since the teen's death on September 29, social media too erupted in protests after a video, purportedly showing the administration cremating the body without the presence of family members, went viral.