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Unnao rape case: Two arrested for seeking Rs 1 crore from Kuldeep Sengar’s wife
Two men posing as a BJP leader and a CBI officer have been arrested for allegedly demanding Rs 1 crore from Sangita Singh, wife of Unnao rape accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar, to get the case against him dropped.
Two men who posed as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer were arrested on Thursday after they allegedly demanded Rs 1 crore from the wife of Unnao rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar to get the case against him dropped.
Police identified the two as Alok and Vijay, both residents of Lucknow.
Sengar, the BJP MLA from Bangarmanu in Unnao district, was arrested by the CBI on April 13 after a girl accused him of raping her last year.
“Two people have been arrested for demanding Rs 1 crore from Sangeeta Singh, wife of Kuldeep Singh Sengar. They were offering to secure release of the MLA from custody,” said Deepak Kumar, SSP, Lucknow.
Sangeeta, who stays in Indira Nagar, Lucknow, got a phone call on May 5 from an unidentified number. The caller introduced himself as a BJP leader and offered to secure the release of her husband. He demanded Rs 1 crore to bribe CBI officials.
When Sangeeta said it would not be possible to get Rs 1 crore, the caller asked her to arrange Rs 50 lakh instead, police said.
The next day, she got a call from another number and the caller introduced himself as CBI officer Rajeev Mishra. He also offered assistance to secure Sengar’s release.
The caller asked Sangeeta to report at the CBI’s Lucknow office on May 7 to hand over the money. Sangeeta then told relatives about the phone calls.
They got suspicious and informed the Ghazipur police station in Lucknow about the phone calls. On Thursday, police arrested Alok and Vijay with after tracking down the phone calls.
