Unnao (Uttar Pradesh): The condition of the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer undergoing treatment at the King George Medical University hospital after getting critically injured in a road accident is stable, said doctors on Tuesday.
The rape survivor has sustained multiple fractures and is still on a ventilator.
The advocate was removed from the ventilator for sometime on Tuesday during which his condition remained stable. But, he was later put on life support again.
The accident occurred when the rape survivor, her lawyer and two aunts were travelling from Fatehpur to Rae Bareli jail to meet her uncle who is lodged there.
The accident left two of her aunts dead while the rape survivor and her lawyer sustained critical injuries.
Amid intense political scrutiny of the accident, conflicting reports have emerged on the sequence of events. While some reports have quoted officials as saying that an over-speeding truck rammed into the car, the other version says the truck was stationary when the car crashed into it.
The woman, who belonged to Makhi police station area in Unnao, had in 2017 alleged that Kuldeep Sengar, a four-time BJP MLA who represented Bangermau in the UP Assembly, had raped her at his residence.
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The case came to light after the survivor allegedly attempted self-immolation outside Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's residence.