Unnao rape case: The CBI team arrives at the hotel in Unnao where the victim's family members are staying. The Uttar Pradesh Police has come under the CBI scanner after the BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's call details suggested he kept in touch with police officers, reported India Today. The TV channel also said the CBI might arrest one of the cops from Makhi police station and grill police officers over the alleged involvement.


The CBI has registered three separate cases in connection with the alleged rape of a minor girl by BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Unnao district and detained him for questioning in the early hours today, officials said.


The agency has taken over investigation into the three cases referred by the Centre on the request of the Uttar Pradesh government.


The cases pertain to:

1. the alleged rape of the girl,
2. her father's killing
3. a case of arms act which was slapped on her father in which he was arrested by local police.


He had subsequently died in judicial custody and the autopsy report showed serious injuries on his body. Faced with the embarrassment of its own MLA from Bangarmau in Unnao allegedly being involved in the rape case, the state government had referred the matter to the Centre yesterday -- a day before Allahabad High Court was to pronounce its order on probe into the case by the central agency.


The Centre too acted with alacrity referring the matter to the CBI last night. 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. 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.