New Delhi (CNN) A lawmaker from India's ruling party has been charged with raping a teenage girl, whose father was allegedly beaten to death when the family complained.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged Kuldeep Singh Sengar -- an elected member of the Uttar Pradesh state legislative assembly -- with rape, abduction, criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation and rape of a minor under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act. He has denied all charges.

The girl, now 17, claims she was attacked by Sengar on June 4, 2017 when she was taken to his home on the pretext of getting a job. She says she was then repeatedly gang-raped over nine days at the property between June 11 and June 20.

According to court documents, police officers allegedly picked up the girl on June 20 and, as they drove her to the police station, repeatedly threatened violence against her father if she spoke out.

In April 2018, after the family filed a complaint, the girl's father was allegedly assaulted and later died of his injuries. The CBI has also filed charges against five people for murder, rioting, voluntarily causing hurt, breaching peace, criminal intimidation in relation to the April incident.

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