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Sengar framed Unnao rape survivor’s father, CBI tells court

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India, New Delhi
Aug 09, 2019 11:14 AM IST

The CBI submitted to district judge Dharmesh Sharma that the MLA and his “accomplices”, got lodged an FIR, accusing the rape victim’s father of possessing a country-made pistol and four live cartridges.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday told a Delhi court that Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother assaulted the father of the Unnao rape case survivor and framed him in an Arms Act case, in collusion with three state police officials and five others.

FILE Photo of MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar who is an accused of the Unnao rape case.(ANI)
FILE Photo of MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar who is an accused of the Unnao rape case.(ANI)

The agency submitted to district judge Dharmesh Sharma that the MLA and his “accomplices”, got lodged an FIR, accusing the rape victim’s father of possessing a country-made pistol and four live cartridges.

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The FIR also accused the victim’s father of verbally abusing the MLA’s brother Atul Singh Sengar and others involved in the case.

CBI counsel Ashok Bhartendu told the court that the three police officials, accused in the case of assaulting the victim’s father, included the then Makhi police station’s in-charge Ashok Singh Bhadauria, sub inspector Kamta Prasad and constable Amir Khan.

While Bhadauria and Prasad were out on bail, Amir, who was not arrested in the case, was granted relief from arrest by the court on Thursday.

The charges, however, were denied by the accused persons, which also included Shailendra Singh, Vineet Mishra, Birendra Singh, Shashi Pratap Singh and Ram Sharan Singh.

According to the CBI, the incident took place on April 3, 2018 following an altercation between the victim’s father and Shashi Pratap Singh.

The charge sheet filed on July 13, 2018, said the victim’s father and his co-worker were returning to their village, Makhi, when they asked Shashi Pratap Singh to give them a lift up to the village in their vehicle.

Singh, however, denied the lift, triggering an altercation among them.

This prompted Singh to call up her associates, following which MLA’s brother Atul Singh Sengar reached the spot along with others and beat up the victim’s father and his co-worker.

The victim’s father was subsequently taken to the police station by them and an FIR was lodged against him and he was arrested.

The charge sheet said all this while, MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger was in touch with the district police superintendent and police station’s in-charge Bhadauria. Later he also talked to the doctor, who examined the victim’s father.

“MLA (Kuldeep) has every reason and authority by virtue of his being an MLA to falsely implicate the (victim’s) father in the case of illegal fire arms possession,” the CBI said.

The rape victim’s father died in judicial custody on April 9, 2018.

The counsel for the rape victim and her family, advocates Dharmendra Mishra and Poonam Kaushik, told the court that charge should also be framed against the chief medical officer of Unnao’s district hospital.

The court adjourned the case for next hearing on August 10.

(The story has been published from a wire feed without any modifications to the text, only the headline has been changed)

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