Lawyer of Unnao rape airlifted to Delhi

The lawyer of Unnao rape is being shifted to AIIMS Delhi for further treatment following Supreme Court directives.

Unnao:Mahendra Singh, the lawyer of Unnao rape case, who was admitted to King George Medical University Hospital in Lucknow with critical injuries, was airlifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He will reach the national capital by noon on Tuesday.

According to a statement issued by Aeromed Airambulances, the lawyer, doctor Rajender Singh and a paramedic were being airlifted.

Manish Aggarwal, director of the Aeromed International Rescue Services, said the airambulance would land in Delhi by 12.30 p.m. following which Mahendra Singh would be shifted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre.

The decision to airlift the lawyer, who is said to be critical and in deep coma though he has been taken off the ventilator, and the rape survivor was taken on the directions of the Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, the doctors said that the lawyer is on oxygen support and his condition is improving.

He has been taken off the ventilator but is still in a deep coma.

The Unnao rape survivor was airlifted to New Delhi from Lucknow yesterday for further treatment following Supreme Court directives.

The rape survivor and lawyer had been undergoing treatment at the King George's Medical University in Lucknow.

She and her lawyer suffered critical injuries on July 28 when the car, in which they and two others were travelling, was hit by a truck in Rae Bareli. Two of her relatives were killed in the accident.

The CBI has been asked to investigate the conspiracy behind the accident.

All cases related to the Unnao rape that involved expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar have been transferred to Delhi.

Sengar too has been transferred to Tihar Jail in the national capital.