India, March 26 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday constituted a special investigation team comprising senior women IPS officers to probe the alleged sexual assault of a four-year-old girl in Gurugram, expressing shock at the "insensitivity" of the police and the manner in which the child was repeatedly traumatised during the investigation.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi also initiated action against police officials, Child Welfare Committee (CWC) members, and a doctor involved in the case, observing that the handling of the matter reflected a "completely unlawful" and "reckless" approach.

"The trauma of the child was multiplied as a result of insensitive, reckless and irres...