India: Eight-member SIT formed to probe Shimla rape case
Shimla, Apr 30 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh police has formed an eight-member SIT to investigate the rape of a 19-year-old woman in a moving car in Shimla on Sunday night, an official official said.
The Special Investigation Team will be headed by Additional Superintendent of Police Parveer Thakur, according to an order issued by DGP Sitaram Mardi this evening.
The order came as the opposition Congress cornered the Jai Ram Thakur government on the law and order situation following the incident.