LUCKNOW: An attempt was allegedly made on the life of Awadesh Pratap Singh, the lone eyewitness in

survivor’s accident case, in Ajgain police station area of

district on Friday.

Lodging an FIR on Saturday, Singh said he was travelling in a car with Rajesh Kumar, the surety holder of the survivor’s uncle, at 2.30pm when a truck hit his vehicle from the right side.

“The impact of the crash was so intense that my vehicle mounted over the Unnao-Kanpur highway divider in front of an eatery. The truck driver tried to hit our car again but we managed to escape,” Singh said.

He said they saw a youth fleeing the spot and found that the registration number plate of the truck had also been tampered with.

Singh said the modus operandi of the attackers was similar to the car crash involving Unnao rape survivor on July 28.

Awadesh told TOI he was not provided security despite a Supreme Court order in this regard.

Station officer, Ajgain, Ajay Verma said an FIR of attempt to murder had been lodged and a probe was underway.

On July 28, the Unnao rape survivor, her family members and lawyer were critically injured when a truck crashed into their car on NH-31.

Her two aunts, who were in the car, died in the accident. Later, the case was taken over by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The central investigating agency also filed a chargesheet in the case on October 12 dropping murder charge against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.