</s>Father of woman 'raped' by BJP MLA from Unnao dies in custody, family alleges murder

Father of woman 'raped' by BJP MLA from Unnao dies in custody, family alleges murder. Watch the video to know more.</s>[India], Apr 9 (ANI): The father of a woman, who had alleged that she was raped by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and his accomplices, died in police custody, on Monday.

The woman's father was arrested on Sunday after the family attempted suicide outside Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Lucknow residence.

"The man was admitted to the hospital last night after he complained of abdominal pain and vomiting. He passed away in the early morning hours. He was admitted to the hospital by the police," Dr Atul, District hospital, Unnao told ANI.

However, the relatives alleged that he was murdered in the jail by Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the BJP MLA from Unnao named as accused by the rape victim. The woman and her family alleged that she was raped by the BJP MLA and his fellow accomplices, but no action was taken. The victim also said that she and her family were threatened after they had filed an FIR, which the Police had registered after stalling it for a year. The family further alleged that the MLA's brother had thrashed the woman's father on April 3 for refusing to cancel the FIR, but the Police booked the father instead, and locked him up for a period of one year. A probe into the rape case is underway and has been transferred to Lucknow. (ANI)</s>The woman's father was arrested on Sunday after the family attempted suicide outside Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Lucknow residence.

However, the relatives alleged that he was murdered in the jail by Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the BJP MLA from Unnao named as accused by the rape victim. (Representational image)

Unnao (Uttar Pradesh): The father of a woman, who had alleged that she was raped by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and his accomplices, died in police custody, on Monday.

The woman's father was arrested on Sunday after the family attempted suicide outside Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Lucknow residence.

"The man was admitted to the hospital last night after he complained of abdominal pain and vomiting. He passed away in the early morning hours. He was admitted to the hospital by the police," Dr Atul, District hospital, Unnao told ANI.

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However, the relatives alleged that he was murdered in the jail by Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the BJP MLA from Unnao named as accused by the rape victim.

The woman and her family alleged that she was raped by the BJP MLA and his fellow accomplices, but no action was taken.

The victim also said that she and her family were threatened after they had filed an FIR, which the Police had registered after stalling it for a year.

The family further alleged that the MLA's brother had thrashed the woman's father on April 3 for refusing to cancel the FIR, but the Police booked the father instead, and locked him up for a period of one year.

A probe into the rape case is underway and has been transferred to Lucknow.</s>Police in India have a bad reputation for extortion and bribery, but in a first, the policemen have gone rather tech-savvy in their approach — they are ditching fiat for Bitcoin.

Eight policemen have been arrested by the criminal investigation department (CID) in the Indian state of Gujarat for allegedly extorting 200 BTC from a businessmen, reported Indian national daily Hindustan Times.

Shailesh Bhatt, a local businessman, had filed a complaint against the policemen alleging abduction and extortion. The accused comprised three more people other than the policemen including a lawyer and an ‘agent’, who acted as a fixer between the policemen and the businessman.

Following the complaint, two of the accused policemen have already been arrested while the rest have gone underground, said the Director General (DG) of the Gujarat CID.

According to the DG, the accused policemen had called the businessman to Gandhinagar (Gujarat’s capital) on February 11, where they abducted him and took him to a farmhouse. This is when the accused policemen purportedly forced Bhatt to transfer 200 BTC to an unidentified account.

The policemen released Bhatt the same day after he promised to give them an addition 320 million Indian rupees through hawala, the DG told Indian media. He also added that the CID had so far not found any proof of Bitcoin transfer but has found evidence for abduction, illegal confinement, threats and the ransom demand.

The DG also speculated that Bhatt may have been targeted by the policemen because of a complaint they had received against him for allegedly stealing Bitcoins from someone himself.

While there have been many cases of BTC extortions across the world, this might just be the first that involved the police as accused.

This is not the first time law enforcement has been implicated in stealing cryptocurrency. In 2015, two former federal agents were charged with stealing Bitcoin during the Silk Road probe.

Cryptocurrencies have been running a lot of bad news in India recently. Bharadwaj brothers, the owners of ‘India’s first Bitcoin mining business’, were just arrested last week for running a scam of $300 million, after constant complaints against them since 2015.

The reserve bank of India has also issued a directive against Indian banks to indulge with any cryptocurrency-related business — although there’re no legal repercussions levied on anyone yet.</s>Pappu Singh, 50, was in judicial custody after a complaint was filed by his daughter's alleged rapists.

An 18-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh's Unnao had alleged rape by BJP MLA and his brother and attempted suicide along with her family members by trying to immolate herself outside CM Yogi Adityanath's home on Sunday. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Unnao: The father of 18-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, who had alleged rape and attempted suicide along with her family members by trying to immolate herself outside Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's home on Sunday, died on Monday morning at the district hospital.

Pappu Singh, 50, was in judicial custody after a complaint was filed by his daughter's alleged rapists. He was reportedly beaten up by their men last week. He was rushed to a hospital from the district jail on Sunday night and died during treatment on Monday.

Read: UP: Father of woman raped by BJP MLA dies in police custody

As many as six police personnel were suspended and four accused were arrested for allegedly beating up a rape victim's father here.

"Two police officers and four constables have been suspended, while four accused of beating the rape victim's father have been arrested," said Unnao Superintendent of Police (SP), Pushpanjali Devi.

District Magistrate Ravi Kumar NG said that the postmortem examination of the victim would be conducted by a panel of doctors to ascertain the cause of death.

Pappu was arrested on April 5 under the Arms Act after he was allegedly beaten up by Anil Singh, the MLA's brother.

The 18-year-old woman had alleged that she was raped by BJP MLA from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother in 2017, but the police refused to take any action or register any case against them. She also claimed that her family was threatened after they tried to file an FIR (First Information Report).

Last Tuesday, her father was allegedly assaulted by Kuldeep Singh Sengar, his brother and their associates, but an FIR was filed against the woman's father and he was arrested. On Sunday, when the man complained of abdominal pain, he was taken to the district hospital where he died.

"The incident happened while the man was in judicial custody. Magisterial inquiry will be conducted. If there have been lapses by the police, action will be taken," Deputy Inspector General of Police Pravin Kumar said.

Before attempting to immolate self, the woman had said she was raped and despite her family's pleas, no action was taken by the police. "I want all of them arrested otherwise I will kill myself. I had even gone to the chief minister with no result. When we tried to file a complaint, we were threatened," the woman had said.

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Sengar, who has been a leader with the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party earlier, has denied the allegations.

"It's a conspiracy hatched by my political opponents to damage my reputation... I have no problems with any probe. Let a probe be conducted, and the guilty be given the stringent punishment. If I am found guilty in the probe, I am ready to face the punishment," Sengar told news agency PTI.</s>A day after a 17-year-old woman tried to set herself on fire near Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath residence, alleging police inaction against Bangarmau BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, whom she accused of sexual assault, the father of the victim died on Monday in judicial custody under mysterious circumstances.

The girl’s father, who was arrested in a case registered against him on April 3 – for voluntarily causing hurt, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace and the sections of arms Act – was taken to the Unnao district hospital on Sunday night after he complained of abdominal pain and vomiting.

While the family members of the girl are accusing the MLA of orchestrating what they are calling to be a “murder”, no FIR has been registered against the MLA so far as the police is yet waiting for the postmortem report of the father.

Meanwhile, four people have been arrested on Monday in a cross FIR that was registered by the girl’s family on April 4 in answer to the April 3 FIR against the father. The four arrested have been identified as Vineet, Bauwa, Shailu and Sonu, who all are reported to be the MLA’s supporter. The station officer and four constables of the Makhi police station were suspended on Monday for being biased during the investigation in the case. The whole case has now been transferred to the Lucknow crime branch.

On Sunday, the girl and seven of her family members including her mother and maternal grandmother were stopped by the police near the CM residence where they were planning to attempt suicide, and were later brought to the Gautam palli police station.

Later in the day, the girl told the media that in June last year she was taken to MLA’s residence where he sexually assaulted her and her family was later threatened. He said that she is since then going here and there but police isn’t taking any action.

“He should be arrested and until he is not I am not going back home…. I will give my life otherwise….I was threatened that if I would tell anyone anywhere then my family members would be killed and thrown away. They beat my father on April 3,” the girl told the mediaperson.

The whole matter had started last year when two youth of the village had allegedly kidnapped the girl for marriage and a case was registered on June 20. After the girl was recovered 3-4 days later, based on her statement in which she alleged that she was raped by those two and one of their accomplices, all three – Shubham Singh, Naresh Tiwari and Brijesh Yadav were arrested under sections 376 D (gang-rape) of IPC and section 3/4of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Later, as per the Unnao police officials, suspecting that the MLA is helping these youth and their families against them, the family of the girl then started alleging that earlier on June 4 Shubham’s mother took her to the MLA’s residence promising her to help her with a job, where the MLA sexually assaulted the girl.

While no case was registered in that matter as there already was a case registered earlier in which a charge-sheet was filed and three were sent to jail. Also, in her statement recorded under 161 and 164 CrPC and there was no mention of any such incident. On February 12, the girl went to court under 156 (3) CrPC to register the case, however the matter is still in court and the next hearing is scheduled for April 12.

Earlier, denying all the allegations the MLA said, “Since last two day the conspirators have been trying to make this incident successful and today these reached the chief minister residence and tried to give a shape to the incident. I request the administration that the mobile numbers of these people should be taken out and there should be an investigation into who are a part of this conspiracy and who are criminals. Whoever is at fault should be punished,”

He added that the people who are making allegations against them have criminal background and are doing all this just because I helped those innocent youth who were made accused in the case registered by them.

For all the latest India News, download Indian Express App</s>A 20-year-old woman, who was waiting for her husband near Worli Naka during the wee hours of Thursday, was sexually assaulted by a man, from her locality. The accused, Akash Waghmare, is also a friend of her husband. The woman informed her husband about the incident, following which they approached the Worli police to register a case on Saturday. The police are investigating the matter further.

The woman in her complaint said that on Wednesday, around 10:45pm, she had left her residence in Worli to meet her grandmother, who was admitted in Bhabha Hospital, Bandra for an eye surgery.

“The woman said that using a patient’s mobile phone at the hospital, she contacted her husband around 1:30am on Thursday and informed about being in Bandra. Her husband asked her to meet him at Canara Bank near Worli Naka. She boarded a taxi and reached the decided location, but her husband was not there,” said an officer from Worli police station.

The woman got married six months ago, and resides near Worli Naka with her husband, who works in a private firm.

“The women alleged that when she was waiting for her husband, Waghmare approached her and claimed that he was her husband’s friend. The man told the woman that he would call her husband and find his whereabouts, and pretended to call him. But when the woman’s husband did not reach the spot despite the call, the victim got suspicious of the man and began walking towards her house. The accused began to stalk her. He molested her on the way. She fought him and fled from the spot. Her husband later did confirm that the Waghmare was indeed his friend,” said an official.

The couple then approached the Worli police station and register a case against the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.</s>Shocking scenes were witnessed outside Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath’s official residence in Lucknow when a woman tried to commit suicide along with her entire family on Sunday. The woman alleged she was raped by Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, but no action was taken against him. “I was raped. I have been going from pillar to post for one year but no one listened to me. I want all of them arrested otherwise I will kill myself,” the woman was quoted as saying by ANI. “I had even gone to the CM to no result. When we lodged FIR we were threatened,” she added.

The police have registered a case against Sengar after the protests. Speaking to media, Rajiv Krishan, Additional District General, Lucknow zone told ANI that the case has been transferred to Lucknow and the allegations can be proved only after a thorough probe.”

Krishnan added the woman’s family has accused Sengar of raping her. However, police have claimed that both parties are in a dispute since 10-12 years.

Reacting on the incident, Sengar, the accused MLA, termed it as a ‘pre-planned’ incident. “There was an incident in their family, case was registered. Police saved two innocent people, being made scapegoat by them,” Sengar said.

He added that women and her family has a misconception that he has helped the accused. He said that the family has left no platform to defame him. “I request the administration to probe this well and punish the real culprit,” Sengar added.

Some media reports said the woman first tried to pour oil and set herself ablaze outside Adityanath’s residence. However, she was soon rescued by the police deployed there and taken to Gautam Palli Police Station along with her family. The family once again tried to kill themselves at the police station.</s>Father of a woman, who has alleged she was raped by a BJP MLA and his accomplices in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly died in police custody, ANI reported today. The woman (18) and her family had attempted suicide outside the chief minister’s residence in Lucknow on Sunday. Her father was arrested afterwards.

Dr Atul of Unnao district hospital told the news agency that the woman’s father was admitted to hospital on Sunday night by police after he complained of abdominal pain and vomiting. He passed in the early morning hours on Monday, the doctor said.

“He (woman’s father) was admitted to hospital last night by Police after he complained of abdominal pain and vomiting. He passed away in early morning hours,” ANI quoted the doctor as saying.

The woman alleged that was raped by about Kuldeep Singh Sengar, BJP MLA from Bangermau constituency in district Unnao, and his accomplishes in June 2017, according to PTI.

The woman had told ANI, “I was raped. I have been going from pillar to post for one year but no one listened to me. I want all of them arrested otherwise I will kill myself. I had even gone to the CM to no result. When we lodged FIR we were threatened: Woman allegedly raped by BJP MLA.”

The Bangermau constituency is around 90 kilometer from Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow.

The woman further alleged that the Unnao police had refused to take any action against the MLA and register her complaint.

On Sunday, the woman tried to immolate herself outside the Golf Club gate of chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s residence in Lucknow. The immolation bid was, however, foiled by police and the woman was made to appear before Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Lucknow Zone, Rajiv Krishan.

ADJ Lucknow said the woman had alleged she was raped by the MLA but police found that both parties were in a dispute for last 10-12 years.

Reacting to allegations against himk, the BJP MLA had said, “This is a pre-planned incident. There was an incident in their family, case was registered. Police saved two innocent people, being made scapegoat by them.”

“These people thought I helped them & they haven’t left any platform to defame me. I request administration to probe this well & punish the real culprit,” the MLA added.
A day after a woman and her family tried to burn themselves in protest alleging she was raped by a local official and her husband murdered whilst in custody, six policemen are arrested in Unnao, India.