Nation View: FIR filed against Kuldeep Sengar in Unnao gangrape case, case given to CBI

Nation View: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the Unnao rape case after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention on Thursday. Following the PMO's direction, the Uttar Pradesh Police has handed over the Unnao rape case, in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is the prime accused, to the CBI. The Uttar Pradesh (UP) police registered an FIR against ruling BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in connection with the alleged gangrape of a minor girl in Unnao. The Unnao police this morning registered the case against Sengar under various sections of IPC and provisions of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the Makhi police station area. The FIR has been registered under sections 376 (rape), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage,), 363 (kidnapping) and 506 (criminal intimidation).