BJP Withdraws Candidature of Kuldeep Singh Sengar s Wife in UP Panchayat Polls
Kuldeep Sengar was awarded life sentence by a Delhi court on December 20, 2019 for raping a 17-year-old girl in Unnao.
BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. Photo: (PTI)
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Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday withdrew the candidature of former MLA and Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s wife from the Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls.
The BJP had made Sangeeta Sengar a candidate for the district panchayat member from Ward No. 22 of Fatehpur Chaurasi, according to a list released by it earlier.
“The candidature of Sangeeta Sengar, the wife of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is a convict in the 2018 Unnao rape case, has been cancelled,” State BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh told PTI.
Unnao Survivor s Statement Says She Was Poisoned, No Sexual Assault Attempt: Police
The police have arrested two persons, a minor and a 28-year-old, who allegedly mixed poison in water and offered it to the three minor girls.
Officials investigate the site where bodies of two minor Dalit girls were found in a field and another in critical condition on the evening of February 17, near Baburaha village in Unnao district, February 19, 2021. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: The 17-year-old girl who had survived an alleged attempt on her life at a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district said in her statement recorded before a magistrate on Tuesday that she was poisoned and denied there was any attempt to sexually assault her.
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Unnao deaths: Survivor records statement before magistrate
One of the three girls who survived an alleged attempt on her life at a village here recorded her statement before a magistrate on Tuesday, police said.
Three girls aged 16, 15 and 14 were found unconscious in an agriculture field in Babuhara village of the Asoha police station area on Wednesday night. They had left home to collect fodder for cattle but did not return.
On finding them there, the locals rushed them to a hospital where two of them were declared brought dead. The 16-year-old girl was later taken to a Kanpur hospital where she is undergoing treatment.
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The Uttar Pradesh Police has registered an FIR against over eight Twitter accounts for allegedly propagating fake news in connection with the death of two dalit girls in Unnao last week.
One of the twitter handles is led by senior journalist Barkha Dutt, ‘Mojo Story’. The renowned journalist has termed the FIR a case of brazen harassment and bullying .
Unnao: The Uttar Pradesh Police has registered an FIR against over eight Twitter accounts for allegedly propagating fake news in connection with the death of two dalit girls in Unnao last week.
One of the twitter handles is led by senior journalist Barkha Dutt, ‘Mojo Story’. The renowned journalist has termed the FIR a case of brazen harassment and bullying .