Unnao Case: Court Directs Apple to Disclose Sengar’s Location

Court directed Apple to file the reply by 28 September when it will next hear the matter.

File photo of BJP MLA from Unnao Kuldip Singh Sengar

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A Delhi court on Wednesday, 25 September, directed technology company, Apple, to give location details of expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on the day the 17-year-old girl from Unnao was allegedly raped by him.

District Judge Dharmesh Sharma, holding an in-chamber proceedings, directed the iPhone-maker to file the reply by 28 September when it will next hear the matter, a lawyer related to the case said.

The court, meanwhile, recorded the statement of a CISF official in the case related to the murder of Unnao rape survivor's father.

The woman was allegedly raped by Sengar in 2017, when she was a minor. The court had also framed charges against the MLA, representing Bangermau in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, in the rape case.

The rape survivor's father was arrested on 3 April, 2018 in a case by the police under the Arms Act. He died in judicial custody six days later.