INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
16-year-old in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh and the recent death of her father in custody became a full-blown political controversy today as the
Congress zeroed in on it to target the BJP
The charge was led by party chief Rahul Gandhi, who took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a particularly sharp tweet.At the heart of the
case is a lawmaker from the ruling BJP, Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who has been accused of rape by the teen
His brother Atul Singh has been accused of thrashing the girl's father, who died in custody on Monday.Mr Gandhi cited the case to target PM
Modi over the fast he plans to hold tomorrow along with his ministers over the recent, wasted parliament session.The Hindi tweet roughly
is to be hoped that the Prime Minister will hold a fast soon over the violence against women, the failure of law and order and growing
accused the Yogi Adityanath government of shielding the accused lawmaker.Addressing the media, party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala
said: "The Unnao rape victim cried for justice and pleaded with Yogi Adityanath for eight-nine months
However, the Yogi government did not budge because the MLA was protected by him.""Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" (save the girl child, educate
16-year-old -- whose family has been running from pillar to post for justice since June last year -- tried to commit suicide outside Yogi
Adityanath's home on Sunday
The next day, her father died at a local hospital, where he was admitted hours before with severe stomach pains.The 55-year-old was arrested
last week on a complaint by his attackers
A video from the hospital, where he underwent a routine medical check-up before being sent to jail, shows him naming Atul Singh as his
At the time, his face bore multiple bruise and lacerations.The postmortem report said the man had died due to blood poisoning from a
It also listed 14 bruises all over his body
Today, the Allahabad High Court intervened in the issue, asking that the body of the girl's father be preserved if it has not already been
The cremation was held last evening.Atul Singh was arrested yesterday over the assault
He has been remanded in judicial custody for a fortnight.Kuldeep Sengar's wife met the UP police chief today, demanding justice for her
husband, who she claimed, was facing a media trial.
