The Hathras SP said the investigation also revealed that some political parties had contacted him some time back.
On the basis of SIT's first report, UP CM has already suspended the Hathras SP, DSP and some other police officers.
Besides Vikrant Vir, the other suspended policemen are Circle Officer Ramshabd, Inspector Dinesh Kumar Verma, Sub-Inspector Jagveer Singh and Head Constable Mahesh Pal, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said.
An official said that if needed a control room will also be established there.
The police and district administration are working on an elaborate plan in this regard as to how many family members will go and when they will depart from Hathras.
Local police officers, however, said that the cremation was being carried out "as per the wishes of the family".
A 50-year-old man was allegedly shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district by an accused out on bail in a case of molestation lodged in 2018 against the victim's daughter, police said.
Ashok Chowdhury, a Dalit politics expert said, "BJP had impressed the Dalits in the 2014, 2017 and 2019 elections, but it's difficiult to retain them now".
The woman was gang-raped on September 14 following which she was admitted to the AMU's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Aligarh.
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