Delhi Commission For Women chairperson Swati Maliwal on Wednesday wrote to the Chief Justice of India to take cognizance of the Hathras Gangrape Case and demanded an action against the officials, who were allegedly involved in covering up the murder.

“The Hathras gangrape and murder has once again exposed the complete apathy and disregard our system shows towards its daughters and mothers. The victim was gang-raped on September 14 and left to die in the fields with grievous injuries,” her letter read.

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Demanding a High Court-monitored investigation, she said that every possible fundamental and human right of the victim was violated by the UP government and its police, in life and in death.

Maliwal further appealed the CJI to ensure the strictest and swiftest possible punishment to the accused.

“Immediate suspension and punitive action against all erring police and administrative officials including the senior-most officials who tried to coverup the incident. Setting in place definite mechanisms to ensure that no other daughter has to suffer the same fate,” the letter said, listing out her demands.

The brutal gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit girl by four Thakur men in Hathras have again shaken the already shaken core, Maliwal said.

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“Had immediate action be taken on the pleas of the family and had the victim been shifted to Delhi earlier, we may not have lost another daughter,” she added.

Four men had raped and tortured the woman a fortnight ago, causing her severe injuries, including multiple fractures. The woman, who was moved to the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Monday, died Tuesday morning. 

She was cremated near her home in Hathras early Wednesday, with her family alleging they were forced by the local police to conduct the last rites.