RAE BARELI: A teenage girl - who levelled rape allegations against BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Sengar last year - and her family met with an accident in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck.
The girl is seriously injured, her mother and aunt have died. The girl's lawyer, who was also in the vehicle, has been admitted in hospital with injuries, said his junior Vimal Kumar Yadav.
The accident took place around 1 pm as the family, which lives in Unnao - about 45 km from state capital Lucknow - was on its way to the district jail in Rae Bareli to meet her uncle. He is serving a life term in a separate case. It was raining heavily at the time.
"The incident took place on the road that connects Rae Bareli to the Fatehpur district. All four people in the car got seriously injured," said Sunil Kumar Singh, chief of the district police. "They were taken to a hospital... Prima facie, there seems to be no conspiracy," he added.
Kuldeep Sengar has been in prison for a year over the alleged rape in 2017. The girl has alleged that she was raped by the lawmaker when she went to his Unnao home with a relative, to seek a job.
The case made headlines last year, when the girl, then 16 years old, and her mother, attempted self-immolation outside the house of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on April 8, seeking justice. The girl's father, who was pursuing her case, died shortly after he was detained by the police and severely beaten, allegedly by Kuldeep Sengar's brother.