Surendra Singh, the BJP MLA from Bairia in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh | Photo Credit: ANI

Lucknow: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath continues to face mounting pressure to act against MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for his alleged involvement in the Unnao rape case, another legislator has come out with shocking remarks. Surendra Singh, the BJP MLA from Bairia in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday asked while defending Sengar, “who rapes a mother of three children”. Singh was asked about the charges against Sengar. To this this, he answered, “I am speaking from a psychological point of view. No one can rape a mother of three children. It is not possible. This is a conspiracy against him (Kuldeep Sengar). Yes, maybe her father was thrashed by some people but I refuse to believe the rape charge.”

Even as Singh defended the Unnao BJP MLA, his wife today demanded a narco test on her husband and the survivor. Sangeeta Sengar met DGP OP Singh and claimed that there was a political conspiracy against her family. She went on to accuse the complainant of giving inconsistent statements. "We demand that a narco test be conducted on my husband and the girl as well as her uncle. This will help in ascertaining the truth and presenting the correct picture. We have full sympathy with the girl, as her modesty was outraged... There are political reasons behind this and my husband has been made a pawn," Sangeeta said. "My husband is innocent and it is my request that he should not be called a rapist. He has been in politics for the past 15 years and has been serving the society and people," she added. The politician’s wife also rejected the allegations against her brother-in-law, Atul Singh Sengar.

‘BJP MLA’s brother beat me up mercilessly’: Unnao rape victim’s father said in video days before death

The remarks came two days after the father of the rape victim, who has accused Sengar of rape, died in police custody on Monday. Just a day earlier, the 18-year-old woman had tried to kill herself outside the Chief Minister's house here. Today, she alleged that she had been confined to a hotel room by the district administration and her uncle was killed by the MLA's brother and henchmen, who later also killed her father. She said, "I want justice, why are they pressuring me for an apology? Do they want my (another) uncle to be killed too?"

Also today, it emerged that the father of the rape victim had named the MLA’s brother Atul Singh in a video shot just days before he died in police custody. In the purported video shot on April 3 and which is available with Times Now, the rape survivor's father can be heard saying that he was mercilessly thrashed by MLA's brother Atul and others, who also used rifle butts for the thrashing. The video was purportedly shot at a hospital and shows the deceased father’s back with serious injuries.