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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday questioned the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of ''justice for our daughters'' with regard to what he described mysterious death and hurried burial of a key witness in the Unnao rape and murder case. 

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Gandhi's Mr 56 remark refers to Modi's comment at a rally in Uttar Pradesh that "a 56-inch chest" is a pre-requisite to convert India's most populous state into one as developed as Gujarat.

Modi made the remark in the run up the Assembly elections in the state in 2014.

''The mysterious death & hurried burial without an autopsy, of the key witness in the #Unnao rape & murder case, involving BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, smells of a conspiracy.  Is this your idea of “justice for our daughters”, Mr 56? '' he tweeted.

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The key eyewitness in Unnao gang-rape and murder case, involving BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, died under mysterious circumstances.

Identified as Yunus, a CBI key eyewitness was allegedly buried hurriedly without a post-mortem. 

Gang-rape victim’s uncle has alleged conspiracy behind Yousuf's death and held the jailed BJP MLA and his goons responsible for the mysterious death.

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The investigating agency had made Yunus its main witness in the brutal thrashing of victim’s father by BJP MLA’s brother Atul Singh Sengar and four others, which resulted in his death in police custody. 

According to a DNA report, Yunus owned a general merchant shop in Makhi village of Unnao and had witnessed the assault on victim’s father. Villagers said that Yunus suddenly fell ill on Saturday and passed away within an hour even before he could be taken to the hospital for treatment. The family members buried him without even informing the CBI and the police, the report added.

Victim’s uncle suspects foul play in Yunus’ death. He said that he may have been poisoned to death by the BJP MLA’s men. He demanded that the body of Yunus be exhumed and a post-mortem be conducted to ascertain the cause of death to rule out foul play. 

Meanwhile, the victim’s family alleged that BJP MLA’s henchmen have been threatening witnesses and villagers to stay away from the CBI and not to give any statement against Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother.

“The BJP MLA is using his muscle power from jail to ensure that all CBI witnesses turn hostile during his trial in the court so that he comes out clean. We demand adequate security to all witnesses,” said victim’s uncle. 

The victim’s family said that they will also move an application in the High Court in this regard during the next hearing of the case. The family is also not happy with the tardy progress of investigation in the case. 

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