Court backs CBI’s clean chit to Sengar in Unnao girl’s car crash

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday said it had “no hesitation in holding the findings” of the CBI’s final report, which said there was no case against jailed former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to proceed against him for the offence of murder in an accident case, as correct.
Currently, Sengar is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. The accident case pertains to an incident in which the girl’s two aunts died and she was seriously injured.The accident, in which a truck had collided with the car in which the girl and her aunts were travelling, had instantly led to a flaring of public sentiment and aroused suspicions of foul play.
District and sessions judge Dharmesh Sharma took cognisance of the offences under IPC against truck driver Ashish Kumar Pal, Sengar and his eight alleged associates. “There are no grounds to suspect the fidelity, accuracy, and sincerity of the probe conducted by CBI,” the judge said.
The girl’s uncle had lodged a complaint alleging that the collision was a result of a conspiracy hatched by Sengar and others to kill her. The CBI had filed a final report discarding the critical aspect of there existing a criminal conspiracy to commit murder or attempt to murder the girl and her family members. The court said the objections of the complainant read like an “engrossing thrilling story” but were based on “mere surmises and conjecture”.
It said only a handful of people abide by road safety measures, while the majority are known for reckless and negligent driving and flouting traffic rules.