INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pradesh BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar was today charged with the rape of a 16-year-old who had tried to kill herself in front of Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath's home on Sunday after months of trying to get the police to act on her complaint."The government doesn't want to
save anyone," asserted UP police chief OP Singh, referring to the accused politician as a "maananiya vidhayak (respected legislator)".The
teen from Unnao, around 50 km from Lucknow, has accused the legislator of raping her in June last year
Though the lawmaker has been charged under a tough law for sexual crimes against children, he will not be arrested just yet
"Why should we arrest him We have mentioned his name in the FIR (First Information Report)
Now, CBI can take over the investigation," the police chief said.State Home Secretary Arvind Kumar added, "The charges against vidhayak-ji
incidentAll this week, Kuldeep Singh Sengar has strutted around denying the accusation, disparaging the girl and her family and hitting out
During that time, his brother Atul Singh was arrested for a brutal assault on the girl's father, who was not just arrested with severe
wounds on his body but who died on Monday in custody
He "had not been treated properly", a Special Investigation Team has found.The teen and her family have been put up in a hotel in Unnao town
with guards, for protection, by the administration.Last night, Kuldeep Singh Sengar made a dramatic appearance outside the house of the
police chief in Lucknow, in a convoy of 20 vehicles
"I have come here because TV channels were saying I will surrender," the lawmaker said in what appeared to be a taunt to reporters,
insisting that he was neither a fugitive nor a rapist.As the late-night drama reinforced outrage at the ruling party lawmaker's brazenness,
the Yogi Adityanath government ordered the police to file a case against Kuldeep Singh Sengar and hand over all cases related to it to the
CBI.The Special Investigation Team is learnt to have come across circumstantial evidence that appears to support some of the allegations
levelled by the girl's family.The police said a case of rape was not filed earlier because of discrepancies in the statement of the
girl."The victim said she was scared, therefore, didn't mention rape in her first complaint The SIT (Special Investigation Team) took this
into consideration and then registered the complaint against the legislator," said OP Singh.
