New Delhi,
\nThe Supreme Court will hear next week here a plea for a CBI probe into the Unnao gangrape case allegedly involving a BJP lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n
The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud said it would hear the plea which had also alleged that the rape victim\u2019s father was tortured and killed in the police custody at the behest of the \u201cruling party\u201d in the state.<\/p>\n
The petition, filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, sought the court\u2019s direction to the CBI to probe the alleged kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in July last year \u201cby the BJP MLA and his companion and custodial death of her father via torture\u201d on April 9.<\/p>\n
Alleging that the complaint had not mentioned the name of the legislator \u201cunder political pressure\u201d and that the state police would not carry out a \u201cfair investigation under compulsion\u201d, it said the matter should be handed over to the CBI for an independent investigation.<\/p>\n
Referring to the victim\u2019s statement, the petition also alleged that sitting BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar from Bangarmau constituency in Unnao district was the main accused in cases of the girl\u2019s rape in July last year and custodial death of her father after her protest against the legislator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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