The Unnao rape case, blow by blow

In yet another twist in the case, Yunus, a key witness in the murder of the father died under mysterious circumstances and buried hastily.
After the general elections in May 2019, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj visited Sengar in jail to 'thank' him for his role in the elections.
Despite serious injuries, the police refused to put the girl's father in a hospital and sent to prison. The family feared he might be assaulted again. Days later, in a desperate move, the survivor and her family attempted to burn themselves to death outside the address of Adityanath in Lucknow.
A day later, the father died in police custody. The post mortem showed a series of injuries all over his body, hinting at torture in custody.
The alleged accident started to dominate news. The general outrage at Sengar compelled the BJP to expel Sengar from the party, but it came more than two years after the rape.
The crime, the audacity of the accused and the plight of the family inspired Akash Banerjee to make a Twitter thread in which he gave an outline for a film, which he wanted to called #Unnao - The Surgical Strike.
The family was thrown out of their village. Over the next few months, the survivor wrote to chief minister Yogi Adityanath and several top ranking officers in Uttar Pradesh police, but no action was taken. On the other hand, the survivor and her family were repeatdly threatened.
In April 2018, the survivor’s father was attacked by Kuldeep Sengar’s brother Atul and his men. He was tied to a tree and beaten with sticks, rods and belts, as the family watched helplessly. Strangely enough, the father was arrested on the charge of possessing an illegal firearm. The FIR did not mention Atul.
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered shifting the Unnao rape survivor's uncle from a Rae Bareli jail to Tihar and said that her family has the liberty to decide if she should be moved to AIIMS, New Delhi, for treatment.
What the survivor's family faced from 2017 till now has made Akash Banerjee, a social media commentator and Youtuber, wonder if this case merits a film called #Unnao - The Surgical Strike.
In June 2017, barely three months after Yogi Adityanath came to power in Uttar Pradesh, four-time BJP MLA from Bangarmau in Unnao, Kuldeep Singh Sengar, his brother Atul and their accomplices allegedly kidnapped and gangraped a 17-year-old girl.
When the survivor and her family tried to file a report against the MLA, the police refuse to mention him by name.
On April 11, two days after the father's death, Adityanath announced the formation of a special investigation team to look into the rape and the custodial death of the father.
There are allegation that the family of the survivor was locked in a hotel room, without water and electricity, under the pretext of 'protection'.
A case of kidnapping and rape was registered against Sengar. Uttar Pradesh police also transferred the case to the CBI.
The CBI questioned Sengar and registered a case against him. The agency also arrested Shashi Singh, who took the survivor to Sengar and stood guard outside the door while the minor was raped inside.
In July, the CBI charged Atul and five others of murdering the rape survivor’s father. A few days later, Kuldeep Sengar and Shashi Singh were charged of rape.
On July 4, 2019, the survivor’s uncle was sentenced to 10 years in prion in a 19-year-old case that was filed by Sengar’s brother, Atul.
On July 28, a speeding lorry, its number plate blackened, hit the survivor’s car on a highway near Rae Bareli. Two of the girl's aunts died while the survivor and her lawyer were seriously injured.
#UnnaoCase demonstrates that when arrogant power itself is the sole destination, propriety becomes a toy at the hands of brutes like @BJP4India pic.twitter.com/OoFrxd9Kaz
— Rajendra Pal Gautam (@AdvRajendraPal) July 30, 2019
Have a killer movie plot in mind- working title is #Unnao- The Surgical Strike
— The DeshBhakt (@akashbanerjee) July 29, 2019
Movie revolves around a 16yr old girl who has been raped by a powerful local neta. Her father is killed by the police when he tries to get justice
The local politician has friends in powerful places(1)
Let this sink in. #Unnao Rape survivor's father was beaten to death. Now she is critically injured in a truck hit. Two of her relatives are dead. Her lawyer is critical. The rape accused, BJP lawmaker #Sengar was visited by Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj in jail. Let this sink in.
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) July 29, 2019
The horror that #UnnaoRape victim & her family has been subjected to can NEVER be compensated by any form of monetary compensation or token gestures of expelling the accused -Truth is law & order willingly kneeled before perpetrators of the crime & now an example needs to be set
— Jaiveer Shergill (@JaiveerShergill) August 1, 2019
If @Mayawati @yadavakhilesh & @priyankagandhi can’t even start a mass agitation against the injustice to #UnnaoCase then clearly no opposition exists in India
— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) August 1, 2019
So many thoughts. So much anger. And then you ask why women don't speak up! An entire family wiped out. And the lawyer who dared to stand up for her. Scares me to think of it. This country has gone to shit and each one of us is responsible for this cow dung #Unnao
— Rutuja Shinde (@HavaldarShinde) July 28, 2019
What is the BJP waiting for? Why has this man not been expelled from their party even when his name is in the latest FIR in the Unnao Rape Case?#BJPSackSengar pic.twitter.com/cTpQ0HbFNT
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 29, 2019
#UnnaoCase #UnnaoRapist
— Sam Stains (@SmStains007) July 30, 2019
A clear picture pic.twitter.com/4kGrZpb8iM
Unnao woman who accused BJP MLA of rape critically injured after being hit by truck, two relatives, incl mother, dead, lawyer critical ; her father died in jail; eyewitness to father death died in 'suspicious' circumstances. And you thought it only happened in movies? Tragic..
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) July 28, 2019