New Delhi [India], January 6 (HBTV): The survivor of the Unnao rape case has submitted an application to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), stating that her private posts are being circulated on Facebook and Instagram to expose her identity and intimidate her.
‘I met the Director and IG. They received the application and said they will take cognisance of it. If videos of girls like me are being posted on social media, the intent behind that is to trouble them. My case is sub judice before the Supreme Court. I trust the Court that justice will be done, but the supporters of Kuldeep Sengar are pulling up my photos from Instagram and uploading them on their social media accounts so that my identity can be revealed and I can be harmed,’ the survivor told ANI.
She said she and her family were facing a continuing threat. ‘I have a lifelong threat now. My children can be harmed; my family is under threat. With folded hands, I urge the Home Minister and the Chief Minister to take action. I have been assured appropriate action by the CBI,’ she added.
Earlier, the survivor’s mother expressed gratitude to the Supreme Court after it stayed the Delhi High Court’s order suspending the life sentence of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case of a minor girl. She reiterated her demand for justice for her daughter and appealed for the death sentence for Sengar.
On December 29, the Supreme Court stayed the Delhi High Court’s order that had suspended Sengar’s life sentence pending appeal and granted him bail. The matter was heard by a three-judge vacation bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justices J.K. Maheshwari and A.G. Masih, on the CBI’s plea challenging the High Court’s December 23 order.
Sengar, a former Uttar Pradesh MLA, was convicted in December 2019 in the Unnao rape case and sentenced to life imprisonment along with a fine of INR 25 lakh. (ANI)