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FIR filed against BJP MLA, no decision on arrest

Lucknow: The police in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday registered an FIR against BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in connection with the alleged gangrape of a minor girl in Unnao, hours after the government said it would hand the probe over to the CBI.
Till the premier investigating agency takes over, the local police would continue with the probe, but the CBI would take a decision on whether the accused MLA from the ruling party would be arrested, Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar said.
The Unnao police earlier on Thursday registered the case against Sengar under various sections of the IPC and provisions of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the Makhi police station area.
Under POCSO, an accused has to be arrested immediately after a case been filed.
The FIR has been registered under Sections 376 (rape), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing a woman to compel her into marriage), 363 (kidnapping) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
To a volley of questions on whether Sengar would be arrested now that a case had been registered, Kumar said the CBI would decide on this depending on the merit of the case after investigations.
The principal secretary (Home) and state Director General of Police (DGP) O P Singh said the MLA had not been named in the statement given before the magistrate earlier as the minor had said she feared for her life.
The government has also decided to extend security to the family of the 17-year-old girl, the DGP said.
On Wednesday night, the SIT constituted by the government handed over its report to the government after which it was decided an FIR would be lodged against the MLA and the case handed over to the CBI.
The teen rape survivor on Thursday demanded the immediate arrest of the MLA, saying that the CBI probe could be conducted later.
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday questioned the Uttar Pradesh government's approach in handling the Unnao rape case, asking its counsel why the accused BJP MLA, Kuldeep Singh Sengar was not arrested even after an FIR. See P6

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