LUCKNOW: Taking a strong view of the Hathras incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a "strict action against the accused" in the brutal gangrape of the 19-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district on Wednesday.
Hathras gangrape case live updatesUttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath also took cognisance of the incident and formed a three-member SIT panel to investigate the crime.
Yogi Adityanath also said that the panel will submit a report in seven days. The chief minister has also asked for the trial to be conducted in a fast-track court.
The special investigation team will be headed by home secretary Bhagwan Swaroop and deputy inspector general of police Chandraprakash and IPS officer Poonam.
The 19-year-old survivor had died in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday. She had suffered multiple fractures, paralysis in a brutal attack on September 14 in a Hathras village, from where she was admitted to a local hospital.
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