Sengar convicted of culpable homicide

New Delhi, March 4

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and seven others of culpable homicide, not amounting to murder, of the Unnao rape victim’s father who had died in judicial custody.

District judge Dharmesh Sharma also said the facts and circumstances brought on the record prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused hatched another crucial part of the conspiracy to foist a false case upon the victim by planting a country-made gun and four cartridges. The court said the accused had no intention of killing him.

However, they beat up the victim in a brutal manner that led to his death, the court observed. The judge said it is of common knowledge that “when police hit, they hit in a brutal manner”. He added that the “doctors at the district hospital were negligent and acted like butchers”.

The other convicts are court Ashok Singh Bhadauria, KP Singh, Vineet Mishra, Birendra Singh, Shashi Pratap Singh, Suman Singh and Atul (Sengar’s brother). — PTI