Kuldeep Singh Sengar is an Indian politician and former member of Legislative Assembly belonging to the

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from

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, Uttar Pradesh who has been convicted of

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murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse committed with the necessary Intention (criminal law), intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisd ...

, attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy and criminal intimidation. He was the main defendant in the Unnao rape case and was booked under the

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. He was also accused of killing three people, including the victim's father in police custody and later her aunts by a conspired truck accident. A Delhi District and Sessions Court upheld an investigation conducted by the

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(CBI) that had ruled out any foul play in the Unnao rape survivor's accident in 2019.

Political career

Sengar started his political career with

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(INC) in the early 1990s. In 2002, he was a

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(BSP) candidate, winning the election from

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with 24% of the votes. It was the first time BSP won that seat. After being expelled from BSP due to alleged anti-party activities, he joined

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and won a seat from Bangermau in 2007 (28% of the votes) and

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in 2012 (33% of the votes). In 2015, Kuldeep Singh's wife Sangeeta Singh won the election of District Panchayat chief as an Independent against Samajwadi Party after which the party had estrangement with him and started seeing him as a rebel. He joined

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in 2017 to contest the elections. He won the election from Bangermau, a seat BJP has never won before, with 43% of the votes polled. He had held this seat earlier under Samajwadi Party (2007–2012). He has won 4 legislative elections from Unnao region on three different party tickets and has won every time.

Rape, attempted murder, murder charge, arrest, expulsion

Rape charges

Sengar raped a 16-year-old teen in

, who approached him asking for a job on 4 June 2017. On 13 April 2018, he was taken in by the

(CBI) for questioning.

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took ''

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cognizance'' of the case and ordered his immediate arrest by the CBI. First Information Reports (FIR) were lodged and Sengar was kept in judicial custody for a week. The CBI corroborated the victim's charge of rape. He was booked under 4 sections of the

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and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences. In December 2019, he was convicted of kidnapping and raping a minor.

Murder and attempt to murder charges

On 28 July 2019, two of the victim's aunts were killed, and the victim and her lawyer critically injured, when a truck rammed the car they were travelling in. Sengar has been booked for murder, attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy, and criminal intimidation. The police FIR lists 10 persons including Sengar's brother Manoj Singh Sengar, Sashi Singh and his aides.

Expulsion from BJP

Sengar was suspended from the

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political party following the rape. In a statement, the State BJP president

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said "Sengar was suspended by the party earlier and there is no change in his status. There is no change in the position of the party and the government, which is standing with the victim of the Unnao (rape) case." The demand for his expulsion from the ruling BJP grew, led by

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leader

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and later joined in by other opposition party leaders. In August 2019, after facing massive public and political outrage, the state and the Centre led BJP government finally expelled him from the party. The suspension and later expulsion did not automatically disqualify him as a legislator. He is not a part of any legislative committee.

Previous criminal activities

Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant (IPC Section-188). Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty (IPC Section-353): Police Station- Hasanganj Dist. Unnao, U.P.

Electoral history

Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been elected 4 times as MLA.

References

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