Unnao trial begins: Kuldeep Sengar shifted to Tihar jail

New Delhi: The trial in the Unnao cases began on Monday at Tis Hazari court here, where the accused MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his co-accused Shashi Singh were produced before judge Dharmesh Sharma.

Hearing the case, the court ordered that both Sengar and Singh be shifted to Tihar Jail in Delhi. Judge Sharma has set the next date of hearing for Wednesday (August 7).

Both of them were brought in from Sitapur jail in Uttar Pradesh on a production warrant issued by the trial court here last week. The court has also asked other accused in the cases to appear before it today.

The CBI has already filed a chargesheet against Sengar and Singh for rape and another one against Atul Sengar for the murder of her father.

Meanwhile, the probe team investigating the Unnao rape victim's accident has taken custody of the truck driver, Ashish Pal and the cleaner, who are being questioned. Sources added that a lot of forensic evidence is also being collected.

Moreover, as per the Supreme Court directive, both the rape victim and her lawyer, who were being treated at KGMU Hospital in Lucknow were airlifted to AIIMS here on Monday night, after the teenager's mother approached an SC bench with the request.