Unnao case: CBI charges BJP MLA with raping minor
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New Delhi: BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was on Wednesday charged by the CBI with raping a minor girl at his residence at Makhi village in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh on June 4 last year, officials said. The CBI was handed over the case nearly 10 months after the crime after a self- immolation bid by the victim in front of chief minister Yogi Adityanath's residence and the subsequent death of her father in jail.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case before the special CBI court. Kuldeep Sengar has been charged with criminal conspiracy, abduction of minor, rape and threat. The rape victim had attempted to commit suicide outside chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s official residence in April this year in protest against the police inaction on her complaint.
The girl alleged that she was raped by the legislator when she went to his house with a relative seeking a job last year. A case against Kuldeep Sengar was registered by the Uttar Pradesh police where he was booked under IPC Sections 363 ( kidnapping), 366 ( abduction of woman), 376 ( rape), 506 ( criminal intimidation) and also under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences ( POCSO) Act.
The victim’s father was arrested by the Unnao police and after his death in custody, the case grabbed headlines and the investigations were handed over to the CBI. The
The CBI has alleged that the 17- year- old girl was raped by Sengar at this residence at Makhi village of Unnao district, nearly 70 km from the state capital, at around 8 PM on June 4, 2017
MLA’s brother Atul Sengar and four others have been charged with the murder of the victim’s father and are in jail.
The CBI was handed over the case by the state government nearly 10 months after the crime after a self- immolation bid by the victim. The CBI has charged Sengar and his associate Sashi Singh with rape ( Section 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act), criminal conspiracy ( IPC Section 120B), kidnapping ( IPC sections 363 and 366), criminal intimidation ( IPC section 506), sources said. The charges entail maximum punishment of imprisonment for life.
The CBI has alleged that the 17- year- old girl was raped by Mr Sengar at this residence at Makhi village of Unnao district, nearly 70 km from the state capital, at around 8 pm on June 4, 2017. The girl was again kidnapped and raped by a separate group of accused between June 11 and June 20, 2017. The officials said the state police did not probe allegations against Mr Sengar for the rape that allegedly took place on June 4, 2017, but had filed an FIR related to gangrape that took place nearly a week later in captivity.