Unnao accident: Negligence, not murder, says CBI

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday night filed a charge sheet against rape-accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his associates in the Unnao rape victim's accident case, where two of her aunts were killed. But the agency has not filed murder charges against any of the accused.

The CBI has charged Sengar and nine of his associates with criminal conspiracy and criminal intimidation with a threat to cause death or grievous hurt under Section 120(B) read with Section 506(2) of the IPC.

Further, the truck driver Ashish Kumar Paul has been charged under Sections 304(A), 338 and 279 of the IPC, which stipulate punishment for causing death by negligence, causing grievous hurt and rash driving.

While the UP Police FIR which the CBI had taken over had initially mentioned murder charges against the accused in the case, the central agency's charge sheet does not charge any of the accused with murder, effectively saying that the accident was caused due to negligence of the truck driver.