Watch: CBI detains Unnao rape case accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger
Unnao gang rape
The MLA has been booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage,), 363 (kidnapping) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
The CBI on Thursday night detained BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger the main accused in the gang rape of a minor in Unnao.
ANI sources said CBI had registered 3 cases against Sengar.The agency sleuths swooped down at the residence of Sengar in Lucknow in the early hours today and took him for questioning at its office in Lucknow, the officials said.
The police had registered cases against the BJP MLA under various sections of IPC and provisions of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The MLA has been booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her for marriage,), 363 (kidnapping) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
On Thursday, the case was handed over to the CBI after an FIR was lodged against Senger in the rape of a minor.
The teenager who along with her family had tried to immolate herself outside Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Adityanath's house in Lucknow had alleged that she was held captive in a hotel room by the district administration with guards outside.
On Thursday night, Congress president Rahul Gandhi had led midnight protests against Kathua and Unnao gang rapes at Delhi's India Gate.
"Like millions of Indians my heart hurts tonight. India simply cannot continue to treat its women the way it does," Rahul had tweeted on Thursday.
The agency has taken over the investigation into the three cases referred by the Centre on the request of the Uttar Pradesh government.
Sengar, a four-term MLA, enjoys immense clout cutting across party lines in the rural areas around Unnao district, a semi-urban area about 70 km from Lucknow.