LUCKNOW: An FIR has been registered against rape accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar while a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe has been ordered into Unnao rape and custodial death.
The case has been filed under POCSO Act and Sengar has been charged under sections 366, 363, 376 and 506.Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Bangarmau district in Unnao, has been caught in controversy ever since he was accused of raping an 18-year-old woman in 2017.
The MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has claimed innocence in the case, saying false allegations are being levelled against him. He even refused to surrender before the police on Wednesday.
The decision was taken late on Wednesday after the government examined the interim report submitted by the Special Investigation Team led by ADG Lucknow Rajeev Krishna.
The government has ordered the suspension of two doctors – D.K Dwivedi, Chief Medical Superintendent and Prashant Upadhyay, EMO. Disciplinary action will also be initiated against three other doctors, orthosurgeon Manoj Kumar, surgeon G.P.
FIRSachan and EMO Gaurav Agarwal for laxity in giving proper medical care and treatment both prior to judicial custody and on referral from jail to district hospital while in judicial custody.
Sengar is an accused in the alleged gangrape of a Dalit girl and later forcing her father to withdraw the case. Reports have claimed that when the victim’s father refused to comply, he was picked up by the police. Later, Sengar’s brother and his aides allegedly thrashed him brutally in police custody.
