Murder Charges Against Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar Dropped By CBI In The Accident Involving The Rape Complainant

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has dropped murder charges against former BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar in the car accident which left the teenage girl who had filed a rape complaint against him critically injured and killed one of her relatives.

The CBI, in its FIR, filed on Friday stated that the accident was caused by rash and negligent driving by the truck driver and there was no conspiracy.?

Ashish Kumar Pal, the driver of the truck which rammed on the car the rape complainant and her family was travelling on has been charged under IPC sections related to causing death by negligence, causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others and rash driving or riding on a public way.

However, Sengar, his brother Manoj and Arun Singh, son-in-law of a UP minister, have been charged with issuing threats and hatching a conspiracy against the complainant and her family.?

The CBI has also recommended departmental action against some officers.?

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On the day of the accident, none of her security personnel of Uttar Pradesh Police were accompanying the woman.

The accident happened in Raebareli on July 28, when the girl, her aunt, and lawyer were returning home after visiting her uncle who is in jail in connection with a separate case.

While her aunt was killed, the girl and her lawyer were left critically injured.

The girl's family had immediately blamed Sengar and his associates for the incident and claimed that they had been receiving threats for some time.?

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Under pressure from the opposition and general public, the Uttar Pradesh Police was forced to act and filed an FIR against Sengar and his associates.

The BJP which was shielding Sengar for nearly two years was also forced to act and expelled him from the party.?

The rape case dates back to 2017 when the complainant was 17 years old. She had accused Sengar of sexually assaulting her when she had gone to his Unnao home with a relative, to seek a job. The case first made headlines, only a year later after the girl and her mother attempted self-immolation outside the house of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The family had also alleged that the complainant's father was arrested by police and tortured to death in custody. Another man, who witnessed the custodial torture of the father also died under suspicious circumstances.