Unnao Survivor s Statement Says She Was Poisoned, No Sexual Assault Attempt: Police
The police have arrested two persons, a minor and a 28-year-old, who allegedly mixed poison in water and offered it to the three minor girls.
Officials investigate the site where bodies of two minor Dalit girls were found in a field and another in critical condition on the evening of February 17, near Baburaha village in Unnao district, February 19, 2021. Photo: PTI
Women24/Feb/2021
New Delhi: The 17-year-old girl who had survived an alleged attempt on her life at a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district said in her statement recorded before a magistrate on Tuesday that she was poisoned and denied there was any attempt to sexually assault her.
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Unnao case victim off ventilator support
The 16-year-old girl, who was found in an unconscious state in an agriculture field in Unnao s Babuhara village along with two other minor girls on Wednesday, has started showing considerable improvement. The girl, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kanpur, has regained consciousness and is in a stable condition. She was taken off ventilator support and even ate some food on Sunday, said DIG Preetinder Singh.
The girl, however, is still not in a condition to record statements or narrate the incident. The doctors are constantly monitoring her condition and administering necessary medical assistance to her, he said.
Second accused in Unnao poisoning case not a minor, police find real age in Aadhaar
Second accused in Unnao poisoning case not a minor, police find real age in Aadhaar
During the investigation, the second accused in the Unnao case had told police that he was 14 years old. However, on examination of his Aadhaar card, it was found that he is an adult, police said on Saturday.
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UPDATED: February 21, 2021 10:09 IST
Police arrested two people (main accused, Vinay, in picture) for allegedly poisoning the three teenage cousins in Uttar Pradesh s Unnao district. (Image: Aishwarya Paliwal/India Today)
Police investigating the Unnao case said on Saturday that one of the two accused, who had earlier claimed to be a teenager, is in fact an adult. During the investigation, the accused had told police that he was 14 years old. However, his Aadhaar card details showed he is an adult.
The UP police on Friday arrested two people in connection with the deaths of the two teenage girls, accusing them of murder over a one-sided love affair.
Maharashtra Minister urges UP government to airlift Unnao victim to Mumbai for treatment
ANI / Updated: Feb 19, 2021, 07:16 IST
Uttar Pradesh government to airlift the girl, who was found lying unconscious in
Unnao and later hospitalised, to
Mumbai for treatment.
Yogi Adityanath has failed in providing protection to women in Uttar Pradesh. I am disturbed with the incident in Unnao. It seems like there is nothing left in Uttar Pradesh, except Jungle Raj . On one side, BJP is raising beti bachao slogans while on the other side cases of atrocities against women are increasing in the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh. Two daughters have died while one is undergoing treatment, Raut said.