Sakshi Maharaj visits jail to ‘thank’ UP rape accused MLA for poll win

Lucknow, June 5 

BJP’s Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj on Wednesday met rape accused party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar at the Sitapur district jail to “thank” him after the General Election. 

Sengar, a four-time MLA, is lodged in the jail for allegedly raping a girl who had visited him for a job on June 4, 2017. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Sakshi Maharaj said, “Our yashasvi (renowned) and popular MLA Kuldeep Sengarji is lodged here for quite some time. I thought it appropriate to thank him after the elections.” 

However, Jail Superintendent DC Mishra said the meeting lasted barely two minutes. He said the MP enquired about Sengar when he was about to leave after spending half an hour with him. “The MP said he would thank the MLA. He thanked him...It lasted barely two minutes,” the jail superintendent said. Mishra said as Sakshi Maharaj was an MP, he was “accorded the protocol”. “Today is Eid and Environment Day. The MP was told about various horticulture works undertaken in the jail,” he said.  — PTI