Supreme Court Defers Shifting Of Unnao Rape Victim To Delhi As Family Says She Is Critical

The Supreme Court has deferred the shifting of the Unnao rape victim who was critically injured in a road accident on Sunday to Delhi.

This after the girl's mother expressed concern over shifting her unconscious daughter to Delhi for treatment as she is still critical.

The 19-year-old is currently being treated by the doctors at the King George's Medical University in Lucknow.

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On Thursday, SC had ordered the shifting of the girl and her lawyer to the AIIMS in Delhi for better treatment.

"There appears to be hesitation on the part of the family members, so we shall defer giving orders to Monday,¡± the SC said.

The SC bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta, also kept in abeyance its earlier order to transfer all the related cases from Rae Bareilly to Delhi.

Earlier, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had told the court that the investigation into the accident that took place last Sunday was in progress.

Mehta said since the probe in the accident was still pending, the case cannot be transferred under the provisions of law and sought the indulgence of the bench that its transfer be kept in abeyance till the conclusion of the probe.

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The apex court on Thursday had granted seven days to the CBI to conclude the investigation and had ordered the transfer of the five cases related to Unnao incident from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi.

The court also ordered that the victim's uncle who has been lodged in the Rae Bareli jail to be shifted to the Tihar jail in Delhi.

The rape victim and her family had met with the accident on Sunday while they were returning from Rae Bareli after meeting the uncle in jail. The girl's two aunts were killed, while she and her lawyer were critically injured in the accident.

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The girl's family had alleged that the accident was a conspiracy by MLA Kuldeep Senger to eliminate them.

The BJP which had initially suspended Senger from the party pending the CBI investigation on Friday announced that the four-time MLA has been expelled.

Senger is accused of kidnapping and raping the girl in June 2017 when the victim, who was 17-years-old at the time had gone to meet him seeking a job. Following the accident on Sunday Senger has now been booked for murder also.