Unnao rape accused shares ad space with PM, courts row

Tribune News Service

Lucknow, August 16

Rape and murder accused Bangarmau (Unnao) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar finds pride of place with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and CM Yogi Adityanath among others in an advertisement appearing in local papers, wishing people of his constituency on Independence Day and Rakshabandhan.

Two advertisements have gone viral on the social media inviting wrath of the people for promoting the culprit.

The MLA recently expelled by the BJP is facing trial before a CBI court. He faces charges of rape of a minor and the murder of the victim’s father.

Sengar figures in two advertisements in Unnao newspapers. While one has been issued by Ungu nagar panchayat chairperson Anuj Kumar Dixit, in the other advertisement, the MLA and his wife Sangeeta Singh Senger is also there. She is the chairman of the zila panchayat.

Ungu is part of the Bangarmau constituency represented by MLA Sengar. Dixit is said to be his protégé.

Defending the advertisement, Dixit said, “Sengar continues to be the MLA. As long as he is our MLA, his photograph will appear”. Meanwhile, the BJP distanced itself from the advertisement.

Trial begins at delhi court

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday commenced the trial in a case of alleged rape of a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma completed recording statement of a prosecution witness in an in-camera hearing in the case in which expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is a key accused. The court will continue the examination of other witnesses on Monday. PTI