Unnao rape survivor develops pneumonia, still critical: Report

Her condition is "critical but stable"

PTI7_31_2019_000209B Various student organisations jointly protest against the Unnao rape incident as they burn an effigy of main accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, in Kolkata | PTI

The Unnao rape survivor, hospitalised after getting hit by a speeding truck, has developed pneumonia, according to an NDTV report. The report cited a press released from Lucknow's King George's Medical University, which cited her condition as critical but stable, and that blood pressure medicines were being administered to prevent any further deterioration in health. Because of pneumonia, she has fever and is also being given medication to control her blood pressure, according to PTI.

Meanwhile, a three-member team of the central investigation agency visited the Sitapur district jail and questioned the Bangermau MLA for several hours. On Friday, the CBI had questioned the 19-year-old Unnao rape survivor's uncle in a Rae Bareli prison.

Later in the night, the Rae Bareli administration, in compliance with a Supreme Court directive, shifted the rape survivor's uncle to the Tihar jail in Delhi. He is serving a 10-year sentence in a two-decade-old case filed by Sengar's brother Atul Singh.

In Rae Bareli, the CBI team was busy probing the accident, which left the rape survivor critically injured, by recreating the sequence of events. The agency also questioned the driver and the cleaner of the truck that rammed into the survivor's car on July 28.

Two of the rape survivor's aunts were killed in the accident, while her lawyer sustained serious injuries. The victim's family filed a complaint alleging "conspiracy" behind the car crash.

Sengar, who is in jail for allegedly raping the woman when she was a minor in 2017, was booked for murder by the CBI after the accident.

His arms licences for a single barrel gun, a rifle and a revolver were cancelled on Friday, some 15 months after he was arrested on April 13, 2018.

-Inputs from PTI