BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar arrested by CBI in Unnao rape case: Updates

CBI on Friday questioned BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the key accused in a case of raping a minor girl in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, even as the Allahabad High Court ordered his immediate arrest

Amid heightened public anger over the Unnao rape case in Uttar Pradesh, key accused in the case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday.

Sengar was taken into custody after intense questioning for 16 hours by a Central Bureau of Investigation team at its office on Naval Kishore Road in Lucknow.

Meanwhile, trouble mounted for the BJP government in the state, with the Allahabad High Court saying that the Adityanath administration's approach towards arresting Sengar is "not only appalling but shocks the conscience of the court". Further, former Uttar