Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, 23 August alleged a conspiracy behind the "mysterious death" and "hurried burial" of a key witness in the Unnao rape and murder case involving Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Sengar.
Gandhi took to Twitter and cited a news report, claiming that a key witness in the case "died under mysterious circumstances" and was "buried hurriedly without getting his post-mortem done".
"The mysterious death and hurried burial without an autopsy, of the key witness in the Unnao rape and murder case, involving BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, smells of a conspiracy," the Congress president said in a tweet.
"Is this your idea of 'justice for our daughters', Mr 56?" he asked, taking a swipe at Modi's claim in the run up to the 2014 general election that he had a 56-inch chest.
Gandhi is currently on a two-day visit to Germany.
The kin of the key witness in the Unnao rape case, who died last week, has demanded for his body to be exhumed after it was buried without autopsy.
Yunus, who died last week, was a key witness in the case in which the father of the rape survivor was allegedly assaulted in police custody, leading to his death in April. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Sengar is one of the accused in the rape case.
On Wednesday, in an interaction with students of the Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg, he said incidents of violence against women are rising in India and women do not feel safe.
"India needs to change...Men have to start viewing women as equal and with respect. I am sorry to say that men do not," he said However, he disagreed with the suggestion that India was the worst place for women in the world.
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