Unnao custodial death case: Delhi HC asks AIIMS medical board to examine Jaideep Sengar's health

NEW DELHI: (Feb 26) The Delhi High Court has directed the AIIMS here to constitute a medical board to examine Jaideep Sengar, who is seeking suspension of his 10-year jail sentence on medical grounds in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor's father.

Jaideep Sengar (50) -- the brother of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Sengar, who was convicted of raping the Unnao girl when she was a minor -- sought relief on account of Stage-IV oral cancer with suspected recurrence.

A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja observed that an independent medical assessment was necessary to ascertain Jaideep Sengar's current health condition.