Unnao rape-accident: CBI records rape victim’s statement

Sources said that her statement on the collision was recorded after doctors gave the go-ahead that she was well enough to be spoken to. Sengar, who has been booked for allegedly orchestrating the accident, is currently in jail.

CBI sources said they were waiting for the condition of her lawyer to improve to record his statement as well. Last month, the woman’s relative stated that she had revealed that the truck had deliberately sped towards her car in Bareilly. Sources did not confirm or deny if the survivor had reiterated this in her statement to the CBI.

The UP government has drawn severe criticism for failing to provide security to the 19-year-old woman, who was allegedly raped by the BJP MLA in 2017.

Her uncle, who is lodged in a Rae Bareli prison, has alleged that false cases were slapped against him by people close to Sengar for not yielding to the pressure after his niece accused the MLA of sexual assault. Her uncle, whose wife died in the accident, has also alleged that police did not pay heed to complaints by the woman’s family.

The UP Police on July 29 filed a murder case against Sengar and nine others after the woman’s family filed a complaint, alleging “conspiracy” behind the car crash. The case was later transferred to the CBI.