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Unnao, SP, Pushpanjali Devi, was among 36 IPS officers transferred on Sunday by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, according to an official statement issued.
Devi has been attached to the office of UP DGP, the statement said.
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Unnao has been in the news over the alleged rape of a girl by BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a case that triggered nation-wide outrage, with questions being raised over the role of police also.
The Uttar Pradesh government has handed over the matter to the CBI.
Harish Kumar (SP, Human Rights, Lucknow) has been made SP, Unnao, the statement said.
Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who was accused of raping a teenage girl in Unnao last year, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 13 April.
The Uttar Pradesh government had also withdrawn his ‘Y’ category security cover.
According to reports, the state government had pulled back the security cover immediately after the filing of an FIR against the legislator on 12 April.
The CBI had on 13 April arrested Sengar after intense questioning for about 16 hours by a CBI team at its office on Naval Kishore Road in Lucknow. His arrest had comr after the Allahabad High Court ordered his immediate arrest on the grounds that Sengar was “influencing” the law and order machinery.
On 8 April, the girl attempted suicide outside Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s home in Lucknow thus bringing the matter to national attention.
(With agency inputs)
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