India: Chronology of Unnao Rape Case

 Unnao rape girl accedent

June 2017: A 17 year old Minor girl in Unnao district alleges rape by a BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar.

June 2017 - April 2018: Girl's family complains. Police refuse to even file an FIR. Family goes to court. Girl’s family persists with the case for a long time (about 10 months).

April 3, 2018: Girls father beaten up by MLA’s henchmen. He is seriously injured.

April 3, 2018: Police arrests father while ignoring the girl’s complaint. Charges were illegal possession of firearms. Kuldeep Sengar’s men placed the firearms and then informed police.

April 8, 2018: Girl attempts suicide outside home of UP Chief Minister Yogi, accusing him of protecting the BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar.

April 9, 2018: Girl's father dies of previous injuries and further police torture while in custody.

April 10, 2018: Post-mortem report shows 14 injuries on girl's father's body in the Unnao case.

April 10, 2018: Police arrest four men accused of assaulting the girl's father; all associates of rapist BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar.

April 11, 2018: Case handed over to CBI.

April 12, 2018: Kuldeep Sengar charged with minor's rape.

April 13, 2018: Allahabad GC orders arrest of the MLA.

11 July 2018: CBI files first chargesgeet  naming the BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar as an accused.

13 July 2018: A 2nd Chargesgeet filed naming BJP MLA and his brother, three policemen and five other people for allegedly framing the Unnao rape survivor’s father. CBI probe indicted the MLA and several people connected to him of attempts to frame the survivor’s family in order to pressure her to drop the case.

18 August, 2018: Younus, a key witness to the assault dies suddenly. Younus’uncle alleges that he was poisoned. Younus’ body buried with no Autopsy.

21st November 2018: Rape victim’s uncle was arrested  in an 18 year old gun-firing case.

26 December 2018: FIR lodged against the rape victim, her mother and uncle owing to discrepancies in the date of birth of the rape victim.

28th July 2019: Victim was travelling in a car to visit the uncle lodged in Rae Bareily Jail;

  • A truck hits the car – a head-on collision;
  • Coincidentaly, neither of the two security officers provided to the girl by the court were in the car;
  • Coincidentally, The number plate of truck is smeared in black paint;
  • Two aunt's die;
  • Rape Victim and her lawyer are seriously injured and may not survive;
  • Police say accident did not appear like a “case of conspiracy or intent to murder”.
  • So, Father beaten to death. Uncle arrested. Mom dead. Aunts dead. Witness dead. Victim critical. Lawyer critical. Rapist BJP MLA safe under police security.

Is this what they mean by ‘Beti Bachao’?

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