SC to hear plea seeking CBI probe in rape and death in custody
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 11:20 PM
New Delhi, April 11: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear next week a petition seeking a CBI probe into the alleged gang rape of a girl by a BJP legislator and others in Uttar Pradesh and the death of her father in police custody.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud fixed the date of hearing after advocate Manohar Lal Sharma mentioned the matter.
The petition sought the court's direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the alleged kidnapping and rape of the girl in July 2017 by Unnao MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger and others and custodial death of her father on April 9.
He also sought Rs 3 crore compensation and protection to the family of the girl.