The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to "airlift" during the day the Unnao rape survivor, who suffered critical injuries when her car was hit by a truck last week, from Lucknow for better medical care at AIIMS in New Delhi if her treating doctors declare her "fit" for the transfer.
The Supreme Court directed on Monday that the Unnao rape survivor, who suffered critical injuries when her car was hit by a truck last week, be airlifted from Lucknow and brought to New Delhi for better treatment at the AIIMS. Minutes before the direction, the apex court had deferred the hearing on transfer of the woman and her injured lawyer, for further hearing on Friday as no one on behalf of their families appeared and sought the transfer.
Sacked BJP MLA and Unnao rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar alleged that a political conspiracy is being hatched against him. He was taken to Delhi from Sitapur District Jail on Sunday. Sengar and Shashi Singh will be produced in Delhi's Tis Hazari Court on Monday. Sengar is also an accused in the case of an accident involving the rape survivor.
Chief Minister Kamal Nath has asked the family of the Unnao rape survivor to settle down in Madhya Pradesh and has assured them full security. "The victim's family members who have decided to move out of Uttar Pradesh due to insecurity, I ask them to come and settle down in Madhya Pradesh and our government will provide them complete security," Kamal Nath said.
UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh said in Lucknow that the party's central leadership has expelled him. His statement earlier in the day that Sengar was suspended and not sacked from the party had created confusion over the MLA's fate.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has expelled MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar from the party. Kuldeep Singh Sengar is an accused in the Unnao rape case. The rape victim's car had met with an accident recently in Rae Bareli, in which the condition of the rape survivor and her lawyer is stated to be critical. The rape survivor's two aunts were killed in the car crash, while her father had earlier died in police custody in relation to the rape case.
The CBI officials had reached the accident site of Unnao rape survivor in Rae Bareli on Wednesday. As part of its probe in the case, the CBI has revealed that the Unnao rape victim's car was being driven at a speed of 100 kms per hour and that the truck was moving on the wrong side of the road. Further investigations into the accident of Unnao rape victim is underway, the CBI said.
On Wednesday, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) S Gautam delivered a lecture on being good, law-abiding citizens at the Anand Bhawan school where he had just spoken at length about the right to raise one's voice and protest, when a Class XI student stood up -- and asked some serious questions.
The lawyer, who sustained multiple fractures and a head injury, had been on ventilator support after he was brought to the hospital on Sunday. The rape survivour was put on ventilator hours later as the impact of her injuries was delayed.
BJP on Thursday expelled its jailed Uttar Pradesh lawmaker Kuldeep Sengar, accused of raping a minor girl from Unnao two years ago and killing two members of her family, from the party. UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh said in Lucknow that the party's central leadership has expelled him.
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.
As the Unnao rape survivor battles for life following a car crash, the Opposition stepped up its attack on the ruling BJP on Tuesday over the incident with Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "divest" his party's accused MLA of the political power being given to him.
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.
Even as the 'conspiracy' theory in the accident of the Unnao rape survivor spins into a major political controversy, Uttar Pradesh Police claims in hushed tones that it was a 'mere accident'. The state government which is in a defensive mode on the issue has already said that it is prepared to recommend a CBI inquiry into the accident in which one witness of the Unnao rape case was killed on Sunday.
The National Commission for Woman (NCW) on Monday urged the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police to ensure a free, fair and speedy probe into the accident involving the Unnao rape victim in which a BJP MLA is an accused.
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.
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.
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