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The family mem- ! bers of the Hathras gangrape court-monitored judicial probe bers, including the mother of ## ! victim and not reaching out to and were not interested in the the victim, started crying and $$% the traumatised family. CBI probe. hugged Priyanka soon after she In a clear indication that The UP Government had reached the place. the administration was feeling little option but to order the CBI Priyanka, who had sought & the heat of public and media probe since the police faced the resignation of Adityanath ' outrage, the Government first massive criticism for the way it on the issue, after meeting the allowed the media to enter the handled the entire case, starting mother of the rape victim said & ( Hathras village to meet the from September 14 when the the State CM should under- family members of the victim. girl was assaulted and on the stand his responsibility. Then the DGP and Additional fateful night when she was cre- “The family needs protec- Chief Secretary of Uttar mated without the presence of tion,” Priyanka said after a Pradesh visited the family her family members, who were one-on-one chat with the vic- members and tried to provide locked inside their house. tim’s mother when the Gandhis them solace and give them the After the Government were inside the house of the M assurance that the Government decided to place under sus- victim. * M will address their concerns. pension the Superintendent of “The family couldn’t see This was the first visit by Police and four other cops and their daughter for the one last M high-ranking officials of the the family members alleged time. UP CM Yogi Adityanath - ' . /01 1! M & Government and police since that the members of the Special should understand his respon- ' 2 , ) the alleged gangrape that took Investigation Team tried to sibility. Till the time justice is Q & , place on September 14. buy their silence, the delivered, we’ll continue this The visit of Rahul and MPs Adhir Ranjan men —some in riot gear and Then came the biggest Government had no option but fight,” Priyanka said, adding Priyanka and senior Congress Chowdhury, Shashi Tharoor wielding lathis — were climbdown of all — Congress to order a CBI probe to defuse that the family wants a judicial leaders came after a dramatic for the 200 km drive via deployed at the toll plaza along ! leader Rahul Gandhi and the crisis. enquiry into the incident. standoff with the cops at the Yamuna e-way. the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Priyanka Gandhi were allowed Meanwhile, a day after he Rahul before starting his Delhi-UP border. Rahul “Nothing in the world can Flyover with definite instruc- to enter UP after the State was prevented by the Uttar journey on Saturday morning Gandhi set off from Delhi at stop me from going to Hathras tions — do not allow Congress Government deployed thou- Pradesh administration from took to Twitter to announce around 2.30 pm in a silver to meet this unhappy family to leaders to cross the border. sands of policemen to stop visiting Hathras, Rahul Gandhi that no power on this earth can Toyota Innova that Priyanka share their pain,” Rahul said However, Rahul and them from visiting Hathras. On stop him from visiting Hathras was driving. Their convoy con- before leaving, while Priyanka Priyanka Gandhi were allowed Friday BJP leader Uma Bharati and meet the family of the rape sisted of around 30 Congress said “If not this time, then we to leave for Hathras from Delhi ' had slammed the Yogi victim whose body was cre- MPs, including AICC general will try again”. along with three other leaders. Government for not allowing mated secretly. secretary KC Venugopal, party A large number of police- Turn to Page 6 the media or political leaders ! " from visiting Hathras. P $ The day ended with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath R ordering a CBI probe into the % " and want the case to be inves- the brother of the victim said undergo a narco test,” the sis- & ' ( ❝ D S tigated by a retired judge of the on Saturday. ter-in-law and brother of the ( Supreme Court, that too under The family members were victim said. 1 the supervision of the SC. talking to the media after the Earlier Uttar Pradesh ) ") $) They also expressed dis- district authorities lifted a ban Additional Chief Secretary, . : pleasure over the enquiry made after two days on Saturday. Home Awanish Awasthi met- !9. ith growing political by the Special Investigation They alleged that the State ing the victim’s kin at their ❝ $ influence and attempts to Team (SIT) so far and refused police were hand-in-gloves house. “It is an extremely sad $" W ;<&. 9 push the issue into a caste con- to undergo narco analysis or with the accused and hence had incident. We met everyone in , flict, the family members of the polygraph test. raised the issue of CBI probe the family. We spoke to them & ) , *$ $ Hathras victim have evinced no “We want a probe by the and narco test. and assured them that the interest in the investigation Supreme Court as the CBI “We have not said anything strictest action would be taken $ being transferred to the Central probe could be influenced false before the police and against all those found guilty,” - Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through political pressures,” media so why should we Awasthi told reporters. & # . ( / M & & & P Q. * & trategically important Ladakh will Snow be linked to the mainland 1'& round the year with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the all- '2 weather Atal Tunnel on Saturday. M The tunnel will give a major M % R boost to the operational readiness of 3! 4 5 the troops through logistical back-up, & 6 besides making essential items avail- Q & able to the local population. Dedicating the crucial connec- tivity to the nation, Modi also criti- Q cised the main Opposition party Congress, without naming it, for ! neglecting defence and strategic % team of doctors from AIIMS has interests of the country. & P L L Aruled out murder or foul play in Turn to Page 6 ( , )2 Q the death of actor Sushant Singh - * & Rajput, terming it “a case of hanging and death by suicide.” The team was headed by the institute’s forensic chief Q Dr Sudhir Gupta. In its medico-legal opinion to the CBI, the six-member team ruled out Q claims of “poisoning and strangling”, acclaimed “Kai Po Che’’ seven years 7& with Dr Gupta saying the panel did not back, was found dead in his apartment find any trace of poison and drugs in in suburban Bandra in Mumbai on Already extended through the Garib ! "$ the viscera. June 14 under mysterious circum- & * Kalyan and Aatma Nirbhar packages "%&O “It is a case of hanging and death stances. announced by government earlier”. ()* $ ! 6 by suicide. We have submitted our con- The CBI had taken over the probe + ( ,- In an affidavit filed by Union clusive report to the Central Bureau of from Bihar Police into the alleged abet- Finance Ministry, it said that the relief ,* . Investigation (CBI),” Dr Gupta, who is ment to suicide case filed by the to all borrowers in respect of com- Q3! 5 8 also the chairman of the forensic actor’s father KK Singh in Patna against pounding of interest during the period - . 8 ( & medical board, is reported to have told Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty n a relief to individual borrowers and of moratorium would be admissible to /- .0&11 a news agency. and her family members. Imedium and small industries, the the categories specified irrespective of )$& 4 & There was no injury on the body On September 28, the CBI had cat- Centre has