New Delhi, September 25: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to grant more time to record the statement of lawyer in the Unnao rape survivor accident case. The lawyer Mahendra Singh, who suffered critical injuries in the Rae Bareli accident on July 28, is still unconscious, CBI told a bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta. Chinmayanand Rape Case: UP Law Student Who Accused Ex-BJP MP of Sexual Assault Sent to 14-Day Judicial Custody by Shahjahanpur Court.

The court granted two weeks more to the CBI to file investigation report after concluding investigation in the accident matter and adjourned the case for October for further hearing. The court had taken suo moto cognizance of a letter written by the family of the victim alleging threats from men close to expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the main accused in the case. Unnao Rape Survivor Says 'Kuldeep Singh Sengar Engineered the Crash to Kill Her'.

The rape survivor, who was brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, was in critical condition. Her lawyer is still critical and unconscious. On July 28, the car in which the rape survivor, her lawyer and two of her aunts were travelling was hit by a speeding truck killing the two women -- the aunts of the victim.

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