<p>The Unnao rape victim's aunt, who was killed in a truck-car collision in Rae Bareli on Sunday, was cremated on the banks of the Ganges here on Wednesday amid tight security.</p>.<p>The rape victim's uncle Mahesh Singh, who was granted short-term bail to attend the last rites of his wife, was brought to the Ganga ghat from the Rae Bareli district jail to attend the ritual.</p>.<p>Earlier in the day, the body of a 45-year-old woman was brought from the Lucknow hospital to her native village in Unnao to the wailing cries of close relatives.</p>.<p>The house, which is just 100 metres from the house of the rape-accused MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, was surrounded by large number of police and PAC personnel.</p>.<p>A few people close to the victim's family accompanied the body to the cremation ground after about an hour.</p>.<p>At the Ganga ghat, the husband of the deceased, Mahesh Singh brought from the Rae Bareli jail on a day's parole, was already waiting for cremation.</p>.<p>The administration had put up barricades at the ghat and did now allow local people and media persons to reach there.</p>.<p>Only family members and close relatives were allowed near the cremation ghat.</p>.<p>District Magistrate Devendra Pandey, Superintendent of Police M P Verma and other officials were present.</p>.<p>Pandey said Singh would be taken back to the jail after the ritual, as directed by the Allahabad High Court.</p>.<p>The Allahabad High Court had on Tuesday granted one-day parole to Singh to attend the last rites of his wife.</p>.<p>A speeding truck hit the car in which the Unnao rape victim was travelling in Rae Bareli, killing two relatives and leaving her and a lawyer critically injured. Her aunt was among the two killed.</p>.<p>The CBI has taken up an investigation into the accident after her family alleged "conspiracy" behind the Sunday's car crash.</p>.<p>Jailed MLA Sengar, who was arrested last year for allegedly raping the woman when she was a minor in 2017, and nine others have been booked for murder by the CBI after the accident.</p>.<p>The BJP claimed that it had suspended the MLA from the party after the allegations surfaced last year.</p>
<p>The Unnao rape victim's aunt, who was killed in a truck-car collision in Rae Bareli on Sunday, was cremated on the banks of the Ganges here on Wednesday amid tight security.</p>.<p>The rape victim's uncle Mahesh Singh, who was granted short-term bail to attend the last rites of his wife, was brought to the Ganga ghat from the Rae Bareli district jail to attend the ritual.</p>.<p>Earlier in the day, the body of a 45-year-old woman was brought from the Lucknow hospital to her native village in Unnao to the wailing cries of close relatives.</p>.<p>The house, which is just 100 metres from the house of the rape-accused MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, was surrounded by large number of police and PAC personnel.</p>.<p>A few people close to the victim's family accompanied the body to the cremation ground after about an hour.</p>.<p>At the Ganga ghat, the husband of the deceased, Mahesh Singh brought from the Rae Bareli jail on a day's parole, was already waiting for cremation.</p>.<p>The administration had put up barricades at the ghat and did now allow local people and media persons to reach there.</p>.<p>Only family members and close relatives were allowed near the cremation ghat.</p>.<p>District Magistrate Devendra Pandey, Superintendent of Police M P Verma and other officials were present.</p>.<p>Pandey said Singh would be taken back to the jail after the ritual, as directed by the Allahabad High Court.</p>.<p>The Allahabad High Court had on Tuesday granted one-day parole to Singh to attend the last rites of his wife.</p>.<p>A speeding truck hit the car in which the Unnao rape victim was travelling in Rae Bareli, killing two relatives and leaving her and a lawyer critically injured. Her aunt was among the two killed.</p>.<p>The CBI has taken up an investigation into the accident after her family alleged "conspiracy" behind the Sunday's car crash.</p>.<p>Jailed MLA Sengar, who was arrested last year for allegedly raping the woman when she was a minor in 2017, and nine others have been booked for murder by the CBI after the accident.</p>.<p>The BJP claimed that it had suspended the MLA from the party after the allegations surfaced last year.</p>