Disqualified UP MLA Sengar was convicted for the death of Unnao rape victim's father in judicial custody by the trial court, which on 13 March, sentenced them to 10 years imprisonment.
District Judge Dharmesh Sharma directed both Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother Atul Sengar to pay Rs 10 lakh each as compensation to the victim's family.
The court convicted Kuldeep Sengar for rape under IPC and POCSO Act for offence by a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a minor.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also said that it is everyone’s collective failure as a society that the victim was not able to get justice.
A prominent Thakur leader, Kuldeep Singh Sengar is referred to as a ‘bahubali’. Before joining the BJP, Sengar had experimented with Congress, BSP and SP.
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