New Delhi: Days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recommended a CBI probe into the alleged gang-rape and killing of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras, the Central government on Saturday issued a notification to the federal agency to take over the probe, officials said.
The officials said that the notification has been marked to a suitable branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The officials further said that after taking over the probe, CBI sleuths along with the forensic team will visit the crime scene.
The Dalit girl had died at a Delhi hospital on September 29, a fortnight after she was allegedly raped and assaulted by four upper caste men in her village.
After her death, the last rites of the girl was performed after midnight sans the presence of her family members, for which the UP government drew criticism from the opposition parties including the Congress.
Yogi Adityanath had demanded a CBI probe into the incident earlier this week.