Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is shifted to Delhi from the Sitapur jail in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, jailed in a case of rape of a minor girl, claimed on Sunday that there was a “political conspiracy” to frame him and demanded a thorough probe into the car crash that left the rape survivor injured and two dead.

“I would also pray to God that both the advocate and the pidhitaa (Unnao rape survivor) recover fully,” Mr. Sengar told reporters outside Sitapur jail.

He was being taken to Delhi by a CBI team, the Sitapur jail superintendent said.

Meanwhile, the CBI on Sunday conducted searches on the premises of Sengar and others in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the truck-car collision.

The wreckage of a car, in which Unnao rape survivor was travelling, near Rae Bareli on July 28, 2019. | Photo Credit: AFP

According to the agency, the searches were carried out at 17 locations in Unnao, Lucknow, Banda and Fatehpur. The CBI named Sengar and nine others in the FIR and took over the probe from the Uttar Pradesh police.

The CBI has constituted a special team, comprising 25 officials and six forensic experts. The Supreme Court had earlier directed it to sum up the probe within a week. If necessary, it can take one more week.

(With PTI inputs)