Brought to the Ganga ghat from Rae Bareli jail to attend the last rites of his wife, Pushpa, who died in a road accident on Sunday, Mahesh Singh was not allowed by the district administration to interact with reporters.
Taking cognizance of the letter written by Unnao rape victim to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, the Supreme Court has sought a report from its secretary general as to why the letter was not placed before him. The Supreme Court has listed the matter for hearing tomorrow. The court also asked the Uttar Pradesh authorities to file a status report by Thursday on the accident of the Unnao rape case victim.
The CBI has registered a case against BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the accident case of Unnao rape victim. The Central Bureau of Investigation has also named 10 others in the FIR. Meanwhile, the Unnao rape survivor and the lawyer remain to be critical after their car was hit by a truck in Rae Bareilly. The rape victim's two relatives had died in the car accident.
An order from the Department of Personnel and Training accessed by news agency PTI said the case is being handed over to the agency to probe "abetment and conspiracies" into the accident.
After formally requesting the CBI to take over investigation of the Rae Bareli road accident in which the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer have been critically injured and two other relatives killed, Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the case.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has sent a team to Lucknow after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports of a road accident leaving the Unnao rape survivor critically injured along with her lawyer.
Several women's rights organisations on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Uttar Pradesh Bhavan here, demanding justice for the Unnao rape survivor and slamming the state government's "laxity" in dealing with the case. The case pertains to the alleged rape of a minor girl by BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar at his residence in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao in 2017.
On Sunday, the car in which the 19-year old rape survivour, her family and lawyer were travelling was hit by an over speeding truck in Rae Bareli, killing the two family members and leaving her and the advocate critically injured.
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The rape survivour was put on ventilator support after her health deteriorated further on Monday morning. Her lawyer Mahendra Singh has been on ventilator ever since he was brought to the Trauma Centre on Sunday evening, hours after the accident.
Kuldip Sengar, a four-time BJP MLA was on Monday booked for hatching conspiracy to kill the rape victim and her family members. On Sunday, the car in which the Unnao rape survivor, her family and lawyer were travelling was hit by an overspeeding truck in Rae Bareli. The two persons in the car died while the advocate and the Unnao rape survivor were brought to Lucknow hospital in critical condition.
The family of the Unnao rape survivor was sitting on dharna outside the Trauma Centre of King George's Medical University here since Tuesday morning. They were demanding that all cases against the survivor's uncle, Mahesh Singh, be withdrawn without delay and he will be released soon.
Unnao rape case survivor's uncle Mahesh Singh FIR reveals chilling details. The Unnao rape survivor is struggling for her life in Lucknow's King George's Medical College while her uncle has revealed how the BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar and family put a constant pressure to withdraw the case or face consequences. Doctors in Lucknow meanwhile have said that the Unnao rape survivor's health remains critical.
After furore over road accident of the Unnao rape survivor, the Uttar Pradesh government has recommended the case for a CBI probe. On Sunday, the rape survivor, her family and lawyer were travelling was hit by an overspeeding truck in Rae Bareli, killing two members and leaving her and the advocate critically injured. The mother of the survivor, who received griveous injuries, said it was a conspiracy to wipe out her family.
Scores of people gathered at India Gate on Monday evening demanding justice for the Unnao rape survivor who was seriously injured in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh. Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav joined the citizens, who were turned on their mobile phone flashlights in solidarity with the 19-year-old woman and held posters that read "tum akeli nahi ho" (you are not alone).
An FIR has been registered against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, his brother Manoj Singh Sengar and 8 others in connection with Unnao rape victim road accident in Raebareli on Sunday, says report. The survivour's uncle Mahesh Singh, who is lodged in Rae Bareli jail, filed a complaint against the BJP leader. He has also requested to transfer accident case to CBI.
Samajwadi Party member and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday raised the issue of the Unnao rape victim's road accident in the Lok Sabha but Speaker Om Birla did not let him speak on the incident.
We are investigating if numbers of driver, cleaner & owner (of the truck) match with numbers of Kuldeep Singh Sengar, says ADG Lucknow Zone
Uttar Pradesh DGP addressed the media over the accident of Unnao rape victim. Addressing the media, the UP DGP said the accident was a result of a head-on collision between the car of the rape victim and an overspeeding truck. The Uttar Pradesh DGP also said an FIR in the case has been registered in Rae Bareilly.
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