Supreme Court gives deadline to CBI in Unnao rape case probe
New Delhi : The Supreme Court today said to transfer four cases linked to the rape of a teenager in Uttar Pradesh. The crime is allegedly committed by a BJP lawmaker, from Lucknow to Delhi.
The girl had said that she was sexually assaulted by the the politician when she went to home to seek a job in 2017. Her father died in custody, arrested for allegedly possessing illegal arms. Before the arrest, he was beaten up by Atul Sengar, the brother of Kuldeep Sengar, and his men. Atul Sengar has also been arrested and accused of murder.
The girl was critically injured and two of her aunts died in the crash that her family alleges was planned by the man she has accused of rape, jailed BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Sengar.
The Chief Justice had sought a report from the top court registry on the delay in bringing the letter sent on July 12 by the teen rape survivor and her family to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi alleging grave danger to them was taken up by the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Gogoi led bench refused a request of the centre’s lawyer Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, that the matter be pushed to Friday, as the officers probing the Unnao cases were out of Delhi.
The top court said the CBI chief can gather the details of the case on telephone and give an update today itself.
The letter cited the following :
The teen’s letter reportedly related several incidents between July 7 and 8, when some people allegedly associated with Sengar threatened the survivor’s family. The letter also requested the court to ask the police to file a case against the people who allegedly tried to intimidate them.
The teenager’s letter is seen to add to growing evidence of delay in investigations into the case in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, which has earlier faced allegations of going soft on Sengar, a four-time party lawmaker.
On Sunday, the teen rape survivor, her two aunts and her lawyer were travelling from Unnao to Raebareli when a truck with its number plate wiped rammed their car. The driver of the truck and its owner have been arrested.
A First Information Report (FIR) lodged a day after the car crash named Kuldeep Sengar, a four-time BJP legislator, his brother Manoj Singh Sengar and eight others.
