The CBI had recommended action, for negligence , against IPS officers, Pushpanjali Devi (IPS:2006:MN) and Neha Pandey (IPS:2009:UP), who were posted as superintendent of police (SP) in Unnao between June 2017 and April 2018, and IAS officer Aditi Singh (IAS:2009:UP), who was district magistrate of Unnao during the same period .
The CBI has also recommended action against another IPS officer, Ashtabhuja Singh, who was additional SP, Unnao, and was later promoted to IPS cadre .
The Uttar Pradesh government could take action against these officers for negligence in handling complaints of a minor’s rape in 2017 and her father’s murder the next year, said a senior government official.
The Unnao rape case refers to the rape of a 17-year-old girl on 4 June 2017 in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. On 16 December 2019, former BJP member Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted for the rape and on 20 December sentenced to life imprisonment.
