Nighasan rape and murder: SIT wraps up probe, files charge-sheet

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of UP Police, which is probing the alleged rape and murder of two teen Dalit sisters in Lakhimpur Kheri, on Thursday filed the chargesheet against the six arrested accused at a local court. The chargesheet was filed within 14 days of the registration of the FIR, ahead of the stipulated 90 days deadline.

To fast-track the case, police said the court has also listed the case for day-to-day hearing. “The court today took cognizance of the chargesheet,” Circle Officer (Kheri) Sanjay Nath Tiwari, who is heading the SIT, said.