During his 14-month stay in the Sitapur Jail in Uttar Pradesh, expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has had more than 10,000 visitors, including BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj and scores of other MPs and MLAs,
About 20 to 25 people would come to meet the rape-accused legislator every day according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources. Some of them would be allowed to meet the MLA directly while the names of others were recorded in the prison records.
Since the CBI has now taken over the case which has attracted national attention, jail officials are now in a quandary because the agency is seeking records of all those visitors.
Prime accused in Unnao rape case, Sengar was shifted to Sitapur jail in May 2018 and since then he has had a steady stream of visitors.
“MPs, MLAs, officers, former legislators and even sitting MLAs from opposition parties would visit him regularly. We were not in a position to prevent any of them from meeting Sengar.
“Besides, people from his constituency were among the regular visitors. There used to be a rush even on Sundays and holidays,” admitted a jail official. BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj was among those who had visited Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Sitapur Jail after the Lok Sabha elections.
Last week, two video clips had gone viral on the social media in which two jail guards were seen and heard telling people not to meet Sengar till the raging controversy died down. The jail guards Mahendra Yadav and Satya Prakash Varma have been shifted to Fatehgarh and Mau jails, respectively. A department inquiry has also been initiated against them. Jail Superintendent D.C. Misra refused to comment on the issue.
A three-member team of the central investigation agency had visited the Sitapur district jail in Uttar Pradesh and questioned the Bangermau MLA for several hours on August 3.
The Unnao rape case attracted national attention after the July 28 road accident of the rape survivor. Two of the rape survivor’s aunts were killed in the accident and her lawyer sustained serious injuries. The victim’s family filed a complaint alleging “conspiracy” behind the car crash. According to the doctors treating the victim at the Trauma Centre in King George’s Medical University in Lucknow, the victim has developed pneumonia and her condition remains critical.