Letter petition seeks HC supervision in Unnao case

PRAYAGRAJ: A letter petition has been sent to the Chief Justice of the Allahabad high court requesting him to take cognizance in the matter of the murder of two minor dalit girls and the critical condition of the third in mysterious circumstances at the Babuhra village under Asoha police station in Unnao.
The high court is yet to take cognizance of the petition.
In the letter petition, which has been sent by Nilim Dutta, who is chairman of Unified People's Movement, it has been stated that it does not inspire any confidence that the Unnao police would do justice in the case. Dutta was booked by Unnao Police on Sunday for 'spreading misinformation' about the case through his tweets.
In this backdrop of the situation, the petitioner has requested the court to take cognizance of the matter and bring the investigation of the case under its supervision and hand it over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Besides, the petitioner has also requested the court to direct the Uttar Pradesh government to shift the lone minor survivor, who is in critical condition by air-ambulance with a team of specialist doctors to the All Indian Medical Science, New Delhi.
Three dalit girls aged 13, 15 and 17 were found unconscious at a field in Unnao's Baburha village on February 17, 2021. The three had gone to the family fields to collect fodder, as per their relatives. Two of them while being taken to hospital while the 17-year-old has been admitted to a Kanpur hospital.
Two days later, the Unnao police arrested two youths for allegedly poisoning them.