"We are analysing all the aspects, we are looking into call details and have recorded statements of eye witnesses," state
police chief O.P. Singh told reporters in Lucknow, the state capital.
The 19-year-old accused state lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of raping her at his home in 2017, but police in the notoriously lawless state initially refused to take action.
The teenager also tried to set herself on
fire outside the home of Uttar Pradesh leader Yogi Adityanath, a BJP stalwart, triggering nationwide outrage.