Unnao rape: CBI gets 3-day remand of accused cops

LUCKNOW: A special

CBI court

on Thursday gave three-day remand of station house officer Ashok Singh Bhadauriya and sub-inspector Kamta Prasad Singh of Makhi police station to CBI.

The duo were arrested in connection with the

Unnao rape case

.

Passing the order, special judicial magistrate (CBI) Vineeta Singh fixed May 21 for hearing of bail pleas filed by the accused.

The two were booked on Wednesday for falsely implicating the survivor’s father under Arms Act at the behest of BJP MLA

Kuldeep Singh Sengar

and his aides. Sengar is the prime accused in the case and is already in jail.

According to the survivor, some miscreants forcefully entered into her house and thrashed his father brutally in front of his family members on April 3, 2018. The family lodged a complaint with the Makhi police station. The associates of MLA also lodged a counter FIR.

The police booked survivor's father u/s 323, 504, 506 IPC and also added sections of the Arms Act against him. He was arrested and sent to jail where he died on April 9.

The case was later handed over to the CBI which arrested Sengar and his aides.