Yogi Adityanath govt faces united Opposition attack over Hathras rape case

Under pressure, Adityanath suspends SP, other police officers

A massive protest erupted in Delhi on Friday evening after a number of civil society activists, students, women, and political leaders gathered at Jantar Mantar against the alleged gangrape of a young woman in Hathras district and the UP government's response to it.

As pressure mounted on  UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he later in the evening suspended the SP, DSP, inspector and some others officials, based on the preliminary investigation report. He also ordered narco polygraph tests on the now-suspended top officers.

In Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejri­wal, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and their supporters came to Jantar