‘I Want Justice’: Unnao Rape Survivor Meets Rahul Gandhi, Seeks President, PM Modi's Intervention

Last Updated:December 24, 2025, 18:47 IST

Earlier today, security personnel stopped the victim and her mother from holding a protest against the Delhi High Court’s decision and manhandled the elderly woman.

The meeting took place at the 10, Janpath Road residence of Sonia Gandhi. (ANI)

The Unnao rape survivor, her mother, and activist Yogita Bhayana met Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi at 10, Janpath Road in New Delhi on Wednesday, following the Delhi High Court’s decision granting relief to the convict and former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the rape case.

Ahead of the meeting, the victim vowed to get justice, saying that she even wants to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, and Home Minister Amit Shah.

“We just want to meet them and tell them what we are going through. I also want to meet the Prime Minister, the Union Home Minister and the President. I want justice…" she said as quoted by news agency ANI.

Earlier today, security personnel in New Delhi reportedly stopped the victim and her mother from holding a protest against the Delhi High Court’s decision and manhandled the elderly woman.

The survivor and her mother have been protesting at India Gate against the decision. Earlier on Tuesday, the duo, along with Bhayana, was detained. On Wednesday, they had planned to address the media at Mandi House. However, the CRPF-escorted bus they were travelling in allegedly did not stop at the designated location.

The security personnel allegedly stopped the survivor and her mother from addressing the media and also forced the elderly mother to jump off a moving bus. They were seen pushing and elbowing the elderly woman, after which she disembarked while the bus drove away with the survivor still inside. Notably, there were no women CRPF personnel present on the bus, despite it transporting the survivor and her mother.

Rahul Gandhi also criticised the forcible removal of the Unnao rape survivor by security forces from India Gate, saying, “Is such treatment of a gang rape survivor appropriate? Is her ‘fault’ that she has the courage to raise her voice for justice?"

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday suspended the jail term of Sengar, who is serving life imprisonment in the 2017 Unnao rape case, saying he has already served seven years and five months in prison.

Sengar’s sentence has been suspended by the high court till the pendency of his appeal challenging his conviction and sentence in the rape case. He has challenged a December 2019 trial court verdict in the case. He will, however, remain in jail since he is also serving 10 years’ imprisonment in the custodial death case of the victim’s father and has not been granted bail in that case.

Imposing several conditions, the bench of Delhi High Court Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar directed Sengar to furnish a personal bond of Rs 15 lakh with three sureties of the like amount.

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