The Uttar Pradesh authorities on October 2 suspended the Hathras district police chief and four other policemen for negligence over the Hathras gang rape incident.
The motion was taken on the idea of the primary report submitted by the Special Investigation Team fashioned to enter the matter, U.P. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi mentioned.
Hathras SP Vikrant Vir was suspended for negligence and lax supervision, mentioned the official.
Polygraph and narco checks of the sufferer’s household in addition to of the police personnel can be carried out by the investigators, added Mr. Awasthi.
Apart from Mr. Vir, circle officer Ram Shabd, inspector Dinesh Kumar Verma, sub-inspector Jagveer Singh and head constable Mahesh Pal have been suspended.
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