Unnao Rape Accused Kuldeep Sengar Gets Parole For Brother's Cremation

Kuldeep Sengar will be brought to Unnao from Delhi on Monday for the cremation. Atul Sengar, who is lodged in the Lucknow jail, will also be taken to Unnao.

Jailed Unnao MLA and rape accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar. (File Photo/ Getty)

New Delhi: Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Sengar , the accused in Unnao rape case,  and his brother Atul Sengar have been granted a 72-hour parole to attend the cremation of their younger sibling Manoj Sengar who died in Delhi. In Unnao, a 17-year-old was raped last year allegedly by BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar. The incident came to light after the victim tried to set herself ablaze outside Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's residence earlier this year. Kuldeep Sengar will be brought to Unnao from Delhi on Monday for the cremation. Atul Sengar, who is lodged in the Lucknow jail, will also be taken to Unnao. Family sources said that the cremation will take place in the afternoon. Manoj Sengar passed away under mysterious circumstance in Delhi on Saturday. Some reports also suggest that heart attack was the reason behind Manoj's death. He was rushed to a near-by hospital in the national capital around 2 am after he complaint of restlessness and chest pain, but unfortunately died shortly after getting admitted. Manoj Sengar was in Delhi and was pursuing the case of his brother who is lodged in Tihar Jail at the moment. He was a co-accused in the accident case of July 28 in Rae Bareli in which the rape survivor and her lawyer were critically injured while two female relatives were killed. Manoj was a devotee of Ravan and greeted everyone with 'Jai Lankesh'. He also wore a large pendent of Ravan. Meanwhile, a heavy force deployment has been made in Unnao and in Makhi village, which is the ancestral home of the Sengar family.