Unnao gang rape: Crooks pose as CBI men, seek Rs 1 crore from accused BJP MLA's wife

LUCKNOW: Two men were arrested for impersonating senior CBI officers and demanding Rs 1 crore from BJP MLA from Bangarmau Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s wife Sangeeta for ensuring a clean chit to her husband in the rape case. Sengar is at present lodged in Sitapur jail.

The accused, identified as Alok Dwivedi of Gosainganj and his aide Vijay Rawat of Deoria, were arrested by Ghazipur police from Gosainganj and have confessed to their crime.

Ghazipur SHO Sujeet Kumar Rai said that MLA Sengar’s wife, Sangeeta Singh, who is zila panchayat member, lodged a case with police on Wednesday stating that two persons called her and demanded Rs 1 crore to give Sengar a clean chit in the rape case.

“We worked on the case and tracked the miscreants,” SHO Rai said.

He said the prime accused Dwivedi introduced himself as senior leader of BJP and later as senior CBI officer. “He somehow secured the number of Sengar’s wife and called her,” said Rai.

The SHO said that Dwivedi did not disclose his name when he talked posing as CBI officer. “He had roped in Rawat,’ the SHO said. The accused were arrested from Gosainganj after their location was tracked through surveillance of their mobile phone.

During questioning, Dwivedi said that he was a science graduate from Awadh University and had been a bright student but did not get a job. “I thought that Sengars’ were rich and and I will be able to exploit the current situation and extract money from his wife. Hence, I called Sengar’s wife claiming to be a CBI officer.”

“ I first called her on May 5 and then on May 6,” revealed Dwivedi.