Unnao rape survivor hurt in deadly collision, BSP Chief wants Supreme Court to look into the incident
News | July 29, 2019 12:01 ISTUnnao rape survivor hurt in deadly collision, BSP Chief wants Supreme Court to look into the incident
Unnao rape survivor hurt in deadly collision, BSP Chief wants Supreme Court to look into the incident
Unnao rape survivor hurt in deadly collision, UP DGP promises of fair and free probe in the incident
Unnao rape case survivor's car was hit by an over-speeding truck in Rae Bareli on Sunday, killing two members of her family while leaving her and their advocate critically injured. Now fingers are pointing towards BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, who is an accused in the rape case. He was arrested on April 13 last year. However, there is no link established as yet.
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The incident occurred when the woman, her lawyer and two aunts were travelling from Fatehpur and hit by an over-speeding truck.
Unnao rape survivor who had accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar of raping her met with a road accident on Sunday. According to the report, the victim's car was hit by a truck in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. It is said that it was raining at the time of the accident.
The charge sheet was filed before Special CBI court in Lucknow and it names four-time MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his alleged associate Sashi Singh as accused in the case.
"Such incidents could be controlled only by inculcating 'sanskar' (good character) among men, women and children and not through 'samvidhaan' (Constitution)," he said.
The agency has filed the charge sheet against Jai Deep Singh alias Atul Singh Sengar, a brother of the MLA, and his accomplices Vineet Mishra alias Vinay Mishra, Birendra Singh alias Bauwa, Ram Sharan Singh alias Sonu Singh and Shashi Pratap Singh alias Suman Singh.
The complainant – daughter of Sagar's domestic help – said that the lawmaker had threatened to kill her if she approached the police.
Earlier, some media reports had claimed that the CBI has corroborated the survivor’s charge that BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar raped her at his home in Uttar Pradesh’s Makhi village on June 4 last year.
The CBI corroborated the survivor’s charge that Sengar raped her at his home on June 4 last year while his female accomplice, Shashi Singh, stood guard outside the room.
Anushka Sharma extended her '1000 per cent' support to the ordinance providing death penalty and stringent punishment for rape of girls below 12.
New fast-track courts will be set up to deal with such cases and special forensic kits for rape cases will be given to all police stations and hospitals in the long term, according to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2018.
"It is necessary that rapists get strict punishment. We are going to send a letter to the Centre to make necessary amendments to award capital punishment to rapists," Adityanath said.
With amendments in 2013, the punishment for sexual offences in India is now more inclusive and stringent, but are Indian anti-rape laws at par with laws in other countries. Here is a comparative analysis.
Slamming his detractors on thorny issues back home, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was fine with criticism and even welcomed it, further distinguishing it from baseless allegations.
Mlambo-Ngcuka stressed that the assertion of the human rights of everyone, everywhere and their protection by the rule of law, is a fundamental tenet of the UN.
Manmohan recalled how Modi, the then chief minister of Gujarat, taunted him during UPA regime by referring to him as "‘Maun-Mohan Singh".
The Congress will observe the Black Day across the nation today to protest rising crimes against women under the BJP rule in the country.
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