New Delhi: A murder case has been filed against Uttar Pradesh BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl in 2017. He has been accused by the survivor's mother of being involved in yesterday's accident that left the two of them seriously injured and two other family members dead. The woman and her lawyer are in hospital. The state police chief said the woman is out of danger and added that preliminary investigations indicate an accident. However, he has said that the police is open to a CBI investigation if the family wants.
Several politicians, including Mayawati and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have reacted to the incident, with the BSP chief suggesting that the incident was a conspiracy to kill the survivor.
Here are the reactions to the Unnao accident:
Jul 29, 2019 16:35 (IST)
Akhilesh Yadav On Unnao Rape Survivor's Crash
"Police are saying the accident happened due to rain, they are speaking the language of those who are sitting above them in government. Samajwadi Party had raised victim's voice back then, and did same in Parliament, today"
Jul 29, 2019 15:14 (IST)
Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal met the Unnao rape survivor today and suggested that she should be airlifted to Delhi for better treatment
Jul 29, 2019 14:25 (IST)
"A new special education bulletin for Indian women. Don't ask questions if a BJP MLA is accused of having raped you," Rahul Gandhi tweeted with a photo of the accident
Jul 29, 2019 13:43 (IST)
"We are enquiring all allegations," police said
Jul 29, 2019 13:42 (IST)
"Initial interrogation of the owner has revealed the truck was financed and the owner had not paid money back. He wanted to hide the number from them," the police said, referring to the fact that the number of the truck was wiped out
Jul 29, 2019 13:41 (IST)
The truck was coming from Banda and were on their way to Fatehpur. It collided head on with the teen's car, police said, adding that it was raining heavily
Jul 29, 2019 13:40 (IST)
The UP government is paying for the treatment of the injured, police said in a press conference