Published 12:25 IST, December 7th 2019
IMPACT: Stung Unnao cop G K Tripathi transferred after caught giving clean chit to accused
In a major impact to Republic Media Network's investigation, Bihar Circle officer G K Tripathi from Unnao has been transferred, reports police sources
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In a major impact to Republic Media Network's investigation, Bihar Police station Circle officer G K Tripathi has been transferred as per sources. This development comes a day after he was caught on camera giving five accused who allegedly set ablaze a rape survivor benefit of doubt, claiming ir statements seemed true. Tripathi also stated that based on accused's statement and corroborative evidence y have found thing abrmal in incident.
Unnao cop sides with accused
"We have done thorough investigation in case, even scientific teams came here but we haven't found anything abrmal in this case. After going through all statements given by accused and his friends and corroborative evidence it was found that y were telling truth," said Tripathi. Police had granted bail to main rape accused on vember 30.
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Continuing to side with accused, Tripathi added that main accused and his friend had revealed that y had received first phone call at 5: 12 AM while incident occurred at 4:40 - 4:50 AM. He also stated that ne of accused had run away after committing crime, pointing out that four of five accused were found at ir homes. He added that anyone would have run away if y had committed such a crime, fearing police.
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Unnao rape survivor passes away
Unnao Rape victim who was set ablaze on Thursday died due to cardiac arrest in Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on December 6. While victim was initially treated in Luckw’s SMC government hospital after she suffered 90% burn injuries, she was airlifted to Safdarjung Hospital on Thursday night. She had a cardiac arrest and bread her last at 11:40 PM after her condition deteriorated at 8:30 PM. UP CM Yogi Adityanath has ordered fast-tracking of case.
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What is Unnao survivor attack incident?
23-year old rape survivor was set ablaze when she was visiting her lawyer in Rae Bareli on Thursday at 4:15 AM. rape survivor had filed a complaint against two accused in March for spurning her after promising to marry her and n raping her along with his friend in December 2018. Naming accused as Shivam Trivedi, his far - Ram Kishore Trivedi, Shubham Trivedi, his far- Harishankar Trivedi and ir neighbour Umesh Bajpayee, Unnao IG revealed that of five men who had allegedly tried to burn victim, four had been found at ir homes itself and one or had been nabbed while trying to escape. One of attackers was accused in rape case who had had been given bail on vember 30. A local court in Unnao has sent all five accused to district jail for 14-day judicial custody on Friday.
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12:15 IST, December 7th 2019