INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
16-year-old girl who has alleged rape by a lawmaker of Uttar Pradesh's ruling BJP and tried to kill herself outside Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath's house describes prison-like conditions as she talks about being confined to a hotel room, "without a phone or water and guards
at every corner".The teenager and her family was taken to a hotel in Unnao near her village after her father died in custody on Monday, days
after being beaten up by lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar's brother."I can't charge my mobile, there is no TV, no water
We are told we can't go outside," the girl said today.The teen's 55-year-old father was arrested after he was assaulted
The postmortem report details 14 severe injuries that underline the severity of the attack
in UP, has denied the charges.The postmortem report lists multiple abrasions near his abdomen, buttocks, thighs, knees and arms
It, however, listed blood poisoning due to perforation of colon as the cause of death.He was allegedly beaten by the lawmaker's men last
Tuesday, after he refused to withdraw the complaint of rape by his daughter."We are told we can't go outside, there are guards at every
When we ask them for help, they say it isn't their job
Is this justice" the girl said."I want justice, why are they pressuring me for an apology Do they want my uncle to be killed too" she
said.The teen alleges she was raped by Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother last June
But the family's efforts to bring them to book were repeatedly foiled, she said.Kuldeep Singh Sengar has accused the family of maligning him
since he tried to protect four young men whom the girl had accused of rape
He has also refused to step down and attributed the beating of the girl's father to a "family divide".
