BAREILLY: The pregnant wife of Kripal Singh , a key witness in the Asaram Bapu sexual assault case who was killed last week by motorcycle-borne men, said on Monday that she will commit suicide along with her 5-year-old son and the unborn child if the murder of her husband is not probed and authorities deny her justice.

Demanding effective security cover and a government job to secure the future of her children, Moni Singh, 38-year-old Kripal's wife, said, “My husband was the sole breadwinner of the family. After his death, there is no one to take care of me, our five-year-old son and our unborn child. We have got no property to rely on. We want a government job and security cover. If my demands are not met, I, along with my children will commit suicide. If this happens, the government will be responsible for three deaths.”

She said that had the government not cremated Kripal on Sunday, she would not even have been in a position to perform his last rites. “There is no one to support my family as my brother is jobless and my parents are very old,” she added.

Soni Singh, Kripal’s sister-in-law, told TOI, “We were not aware that Kripal had any role in the sexual assault case or that he was one of the main witnesses. Police merely said that Kripal never asked for security cover. But if the government knew that he was a key witness in this case, wasn't it their responsibility to provide him security and protect him?”

A resident of Gwal Toli locality in Shahjahanpur, Kripal is the third witness in the sexual assault case involving the self-styled godman to have lost his life in mysterious attacks after the controversy first hit headlines in 2013.

In his last statement recorded before a magistrate, Kripal said that he had been receiving regular threats from three associates of Asaram. He had also expressed apprehension that they might have been involved in the attack. No arrest has been made till now in the incident.

“Police teams are looking for suspects on the basis of Kripal Singh's dying statements. We are interrogating suspects but have not arrested anyone as yet,” said Babloo Kumar, superintendent of police, Shahjahanpur.