Unnao rape: Truck involved in accident had clear number plate
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IBNS): The truck, which was involved in the accident of Unnao rape survivor last Sunday, was found on CCTV camera having a clear number plate while crossing the toll plaza at Lalganj in Rae Bareli, media reports said.
The toll plaza at Lalganj is 20 km away from the site where the truck had hit the car in which the rape survivor was present.
However, the number plate was smeared with grease when the accident took place.
Local police said that the truck driver told them that the number plate was smudged to evade the financier's staff as he was a loan defaulter.
The victim, who was a minor when she was raped allegedly by expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Sengar, is still on life-support but in a stable condition.
The survivor and a lawyer were critically injured while her mother and aunt were killed on Sunday when their car was hit by the truck at Sultanpur Khera roundabout in the district. The lawyer has now been kept without life-support.
Police here said that the victims were going on a car to meet their relative at Rae Bareli jail when it was hit by a truck coming from opposite direction under Gurubakshganj police station area on Rae Bareli-Banda highway.
The people in the car were going to Rae Bareli jail, where the gang rape victim's uncle is lodged.
Supreme Court's direction to CBI
Taking cognizance of the Unnao rape incident, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a shifting of all five cases related to the crime from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi and also ordered the Yogi Adityanath government to pay an interim compensation of Rs. 25 lakh to the victim.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, who had summoned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers at noon, asked for the completion of the trial, which will have to be carried out on a daily basis, within 45 days since its commencement. The top court has directed the CBI to probe within seven days the accident which took place on Sunday.
Consequently, the hearing started on Friday.
It was the accident which brought the case back to limelight causing a huge uproar across the nation for last four days prompting the BJP to expel its accused Sengar on Thursday, two years after the crime was committed. Sengar's brother is also an accused in the case.
Image Credit: Screenshot grab from The Times Of India video
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