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Unnao rape: Adityanath demands 1st SIT report by Wednesday evening; updates

With the Unnao rape case hanging fire over Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party workers today protested for the immediate arrest of BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar

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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party workers protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Hazratganj over the death of the father of the Unnao gang-rape victim and demand the arrest of accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. Photo: @ANI

BS Web Team New Delhi
A girl's accusation that she was gang-raped by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator has triggered a political storm in Yogi Adityanath-governed Uttar Pradesh, even as police on Tuesday arrested Atul Singh, the brother of main accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, in connection with the Unnao rape case and the custodial death of the victim's father. Adityanath has directed the UP Home Department to ensure that the special investigation team (SIT), which has been formed to probe all allegations in the rape case, visits Unnao on Wednesday and submits its first report by the evening.    

The arrests, however, have