Surviving girl better, off ventilator
The girl, who was found along with her two cousins in an agriculture field in a village in Unnao district, was taken off ventilator support on Saturday after showing improvement, a senior police official said. The girl has shown improvement and doctors decided to take her off the ventilator, Kanpur DIG Preetinder Singh said.
The girl is still not in a condition to speak to the police and narrate the incident, the DIG said. The doctors are constantly monitoring the girl's condition and taking care of her, he said.
Heavy deployment of police force has been made at the hospital to ensure the safety and security of the girl. Three girls - aged 16, 15 and 14 - were found in an agriculture field in Babuhara village of Asoha police station area by the villagers on Wednesday night when they did not return after leaving their house to
take fodder for cattle. The local residents had rushed the teenagers, who are all related to each other, to a hospital where two of them were declared brought dead.
FIR against Congress leader The Unnao police has lodged an FIR against Congress leader Udit Raj on Saturday for posting a misleading tweet on his twitter account in connection with the Unnao murder case.
The FIR was lodged against Raj on the direction of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The CM was annoyed Opposition leaders were spreading false and misleading information on the Unnao double murder.
Quoting former BJP MP Savitri Bai Phule, the Congress leader tweeted: “I had a talk with former MP Savitri Bai Phule just now. She was allowed to meet the victims' family after much difficulty. The family said the girls were raped and their bodies were burnt without their consent.”