Allahabad HC orders immediate arrest of Unnao rape accused MLA
Allahabad/Lucknow, Apr 13 (IBNS) : The Allahabad High Court on Friday said BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, accused of raping a minor girl in Unnao last year, must be arrested immediately, media reports said.
Taking congnisance of the gangrape case in response to a letter by senior lawyer Gopal Swaroop Chaturvedi, a bench of Chief Justice D B Bhosale and Justice Suneet Kumar also asked the investigative authorties to submit a progress report by May 2.
It was also announced that the probe would be monitored.
At the hearing on Thursday, the court asked the counsel for the Uttar Pradesh government why Sengar, had not been arrested till then. The state government told the bench that investigators did not have enough evidence against him.
On Wednesday, the Allahabad High Court had ordered that the body of the victim's father should not be cremated, if already not done so.
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team visited Sengar's residence in Lucknow early on Fridayand detained him for questioning in the case.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured that strict action will be taken against the accused, no matter how influential the person is. Claiming that his government will not compromise on the case, he said: "The investigation has been handed over to the CBI. I believe the CBI would have arrested the MLA also. Our government will not compromise on this, no matter how influential the accused is, he will not be spared." Adityanath had earlier also said that no one found guilty in the case would be spared.
The UP police had earlier informed that they won't arrest the BJP lawmaker as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing the case.
The minor girl had alleged that she was raped by Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the BJP legislator from Unnao, and his brother last year, but the police refused to take any action against them.
On Apr 8, the rape victim along with his family tried to commit suicide in front of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's residence in Lucknow.
She also claimed that her family was being threatened after they tried to file an FIR.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was also formed on Tuesday to investigate the case after the father of the girl died on Monday morning at the district hospital.
The autopsy report revealed that the father succumbed to septicaemia.
According to the postmortem report, the father was not given proper treatment at the judicial custody.
The man was in judicial custody after a complaint was filed against his daughter's alleged rapists.
Earlier on Tuesday, the brother of Sengar was arrested by the police.
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