BSP MP’s henchmen threatened to kill us: Grandfather of woman who died after immolation bid outside SC

His family is under threat and living in fear but determined to fight on says the grieving grandfather of the woman who had accused a BSP MP of rape and died in Delhi days after she set herself on fire outside the Supreme CourtMourning the untimely death of his 24yearold granddaughter who breathed her last in a Delhi hospital on Tuesday the elderly gentleman alleged that BSP MP Atul Rais men had threatened to kill his familyHenchmen of the MP used to come to our place and threaten to kill us We are living in fear he told reportersRai has been in jail since 2019 when the rape allegations were first madeAlso Read Govts should take HC nod before withdrawing cases against MPs MLAs Supreme CourtThe woman and a friend had immolated themselves outside the apex court on August 16 when they were barred from entering the premises The man 27 suffered 65 per cent burns and died on Saturday The woman had 85 per cent burnsA lot of pressure was mounted on my granddaughter She faced it all and continued her fight against the MP We are economically weak but we will continue the fight We never thought that we have to see such days her grandfather saidThe womans father had died following a cardiac arrest four years ago he saidThe MP fielded my granddaughter in student politics in Varanasi and later ruined her life We will decide our future course of action when her mother and brother return from Delhi he saidThe womans grandparents live in a village hereHer body was handed over to her family after a postmortem following which they cremated her at Nigambodh Ghat in the national capital Delhi Police officials saidRajkaran Naiyar Superintendent of Police Ballia said the family will be provided securityThe woman had been summoned by an Allahabad court on charges of forgery and other charges Allegations were also levelled against her for forging her birth papers by Rais brotherIn August a local court in Varanasi issued a nonbailable warrant against her in the forgery case based on the complaintAccording to Delhi Police officials before attempting suicide the woman along with her male friend had recorded a Facebook Live video She disclosed her identity in it and said she had filed the rape case against Rai in 2019She also alleged in the video that a few senior Uttar Pradesh police officers were supporting the accusedEarlier a senior police officer had said the man and the woman took the extreme step as a court had issued a nonbailable warrant against them in the case of forgery for allegedly submitting wrong proof of age in the rape caseIn her Facebook video the woman had mentioned the warrant and said she had been summoned by the judge police saidThe woman had filed a plea in the Supreme Court in March seeking transfer of her case from the Allahabad court to Delhi for a fair trial claiming that she faced a threat to her lifeTwo Varanasi policemen Varanasi Cantt SHO Rakesh Singh and investigation officer Girija Shankar who were probing the case of forgery were suspended and an inquiry was initiated into the matter after she attempted suicide on August 16 police had saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever