Unnao Collision: SC Defers Transfer of Case to Delhi for 15 Days

The SC deferred the transfer of Unnao car-truck collision case, involving the rape survivor, to Delhi for 15 days.

As the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer battle for their lives at the King George’s Medical University, the Supreme Court on Friday, 2 August, modified its order and deferred the transfer of the Unnao car-truck collision case to Delhi for 15 days.

On Sunday, 28 July, a car carrying Unnao rape survivor, who levelled rape allegations against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, collided with a truck in Raebareli while they were on their way to meet her uncle in jail, killing her two aunts and critically injuring the survivor and her lawyer Mahendra Singh.

The family of the survivor alleged that Sengar and his men were behind the case. CBI later filed an FIR against him and nine others.

Here are the key highlights of the case on 2 August:

• The Supreme Court modified its order and deferred the transfer of the Unnao car-truck collision case, involving the rape survivor, to Delhi for 15 days.
• After the Unnao rape survivor’s mother said that she doesn’t want her daughter to be immediately airlifted to Delhi’s AIIMS as the Lucknow hospital was treating her well, the Supreme Court deferred her shifting.
• The top court ordered immediate transfer of the survivor’s uncle from Raebareli jail to Tihar jail.
• The Uttar Pradesh Police ordered a probe after a policeman posted at the Sitapur jail, where rape accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar is lodged, was seen in a video allegedly being bribed by a person considered close to the legislator.
• The CBI has constituted an additional special team of around 20 investigating officers including SP, ASP, DSP, inspector and sub-inspector level officers to assist in the case.
• King George's Medical University said the condition of the injured is critical but stable, the survivor is still on a ventilator while the lawyer is off from the ventilator.

• The apex court said no media house will directly, indirectly or in any manner disclose the identity of the Unnao rape survivor.
• Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the Supreme Court order is a stamp on Uttar Pradesh government’s failure.
• Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati said that the pain and agony of the Unnao rape survivor and her family puts the ruling government to shame.
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath welcomed the order, saying the victim and her kin can settle in Madhya Pradesh and his government would treat her as a “daughter of the state.”