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Yogi Adityanath govt faces united Opposition attack over Hathras rape case

Under pressure, Adityanath suspends SP, other police officers

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and others at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar protest against the UP government, and also the central government, over the Hathras incident | Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India New Delhi
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

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