The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a chargesheet against four jailed accused in the gangrape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras district at a Special SC/ST Court in Lucknow on Friday.
The chargesheet was filed for murder, assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, rape and relevant sections of the Scheduled castes, Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
On December 16, the probing CBI team had submitted before the Allahabad High Court that it would be filing a chargesheet by December 18.
The CBI team, through the document, confirmed that the victim was gang-raped and injured leading to her death, by accused Sandeep, Luvkush, Ravi and Ramu.
The accused and their kin had earlier claimed innocence.
Meanwhile, the CBI also submitted that it would take the Hathras victim’s brother, who had lodged the FIR, to Gujarat for a psychological assessment.
The CBI had taken up the probe on October 11 and quizzed over 50 people, including the family members of the victim. Besides, the CBI sleuths also carried out brain mapping of all accused.
On September 14, the 19-year-old victim was allegedly assaulted and gang-raped in Hathras and she later succumbed to her injuries at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on September 29.
Her body was cremated by Hathras district administration and police without the consent of the victim’s family, triggering an outcry.
The Supreme Court had earlier directed the Allahabad High Court to monitor the CBI probe into the Hathras incident. On a request from the UP government, the CBI registered a case on October 11.