Hathras girl not rapped: UP ADG

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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) Prashant Kumar said the Hathras girl was not rapped, as per the FSL report. This is the conclusive confirmatory report after the preliminary medical report and postmortem report both have concluded that no rape was committed, he said.

The SIT has already begun a probe into the incident and further details will emerge once the investigation is completed within the next seven days. On the opposition uproar, the police said investigations so far suggest a conspiracy to push the state into caste turmoil by twisting facts presented by responsible and senior police officers. He said such mischief mongers will be identified and brought to book. The police action was prompt to prevent untoward incidents, said ADG. The SIT, through an intensive probe, sure to unveil evil design behind the whole incident, he said.

The CM has already strict exemplary action against the guilty, he added. Speaking to the reporters the ADG Prashant Kumar said the FSL report has clearly said that no sperm or ova were found in the samples from the vaginal swab. Along with the FSL report, the postmortem report has suggested that the cause of death was due trauma following injury in the neck, he said. The girl was assaulted on September 14th outside her village and was admitted to AMU hospital in Aligarh. The FIR lodged by the family immediately after the incident mentioned assault by a youth, but didn’t mention rape.

However, in her statement to the police on September 22nd, the girl said that she was raped by four youths. All of them named by her were arrested and her samples were sent to FSL on September 25th. However, quoting from AMU hospital’s medical report, Hathras SP Vikrant Vir then said the report mentions injuries but didn’t confirm rape.

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