INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
16-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, who has accused a BJP lawmaker of rape, the Allahabad High Court today ordered that the body of
the girl's father be preserved if it had not been cremated.The teen's father, who was arrested last week after complaints by the attackers,
died in custody on Monday
He was cremated yesterday evening.Taking note of a letter written by senior lawyer GS Chaturvedi, a bench of Chief Justice DB Bhonsale and
Justice Suneet Kumar admitted it as a public interest litigation which will be heard tomorrow
The court has asked Advocate General Raghavendra Singh to be present during the hearing.Mr Chaturvedi has sought a court-monitored
investigation into the man's death after his daughter alleged that she was raped by BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother Atul
in June last year.On Sunday, the girl had attempted suicide outside the residence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
The same day, her 55-year-old father was admitted to hospital brought in the from the Unnao district jail where his condition worsened in
now emerged, which shows the man naming the lawmaker's brother as his attacker
The video was shot during his initial medical check-up on April 3, before he was sent to jail.The post-mortem report attributed the cause of
It also listed 14 injuries on the abdomen, legs and arms besides saying part of man's intestines had been perforated.Yesterday, the
lawmaker's brother was arrested for the assault after what the teen's family calls an attempted cover-up by the police
Though he was named in the complaint filed by the family, his name was dropped from the First Information Report filed in the case.Today,
the lawmaker's wife met the UP police chief, demanding justice for her husband who she claimed was facing a media trial.Next week, the
Supreme Court will hear a lawyer's petition seeking a CBI probe into the case.
