there have been allegations that the chief minister, yogi adityanath's office, has been ying to cover>> (speaking hindi): ♪ ♪ >> navai: cases like manisha's and jaya's continue to polarize india, pitting politics against families' search for jusce. one of india's most respected and senior legal figures told me these ses should be a wake-up call for more accountability when it comes to violence against women. >> it's completely inexplicable. why should anybody, you know... (chuckling): i mean, not only the prime minister, noonly the chief minister-- why should anybody, you know, remn silent when something like this happens, you know? they should speak out. it doesn't matter who the perpetrator is. the government, the state, the police machinery-- erybody-- should come out in the open and say that ts is wrong. >> go to pbs.org/frontline for an interview with correspondent ramita navai. >> it has the second highest reported number of rapes in the whole country. >> learn more about the fatemiyoun brigade - and why it makes the taliban nervous. revisit our films on nearly 20 years of war i

the chief minister of uttar pradesh is yogi adityanath, a hindu nationalist who's also one of the mostof becoming chief minister, he ordered the withdrawal of thousands of criminal cases against politicians. these cases included violence against women. adityanath is a senior memr of the ruling bjp party, and often touted as a future indian prime minister. jaya told us she w able to meet him and he assured her that her allegations would be dealt with. he then asked her to leave. >> (speaking hindi): >> navai: i.p. singh was expelled from the bjp in 2019 after calling its top leadership thugs. >> (speaking hindi): (continues in hindi): >> navai: court documents show the chief minister's office passed jaya's allegations to the police, but no action was taken. meanwhile, sengar telephoned jaya's uncle to pressureer to stay silent. i've been given a recording of one of these calls, later used in evidence. (both speaking hindi) >> navai: but jaya didn't drop the accusation. in april 2018, jaya's father, surendra, was attacked by a group of men he said were led by sengar's brother atul singh.