Former Madhya Pradesh minister Umang Singhar booked for rape, assault of ‘spouse’

By Express News Service

BHOPAL: Congress’ three-time sitting MLA from Gandhwani (Dhar), Umang Singhar, was booked on Sunday night, for home violence, rape, unnatural intercourse, felony intimidation and abusive conduct-criminal assault u/s 294, 323,376(2)(n), 377, 498-A and 506 IPC at Naugaon police station of Dhar district primarily based on the criticism of a 38-year-old girl, who claims to be his spouse.

In her criticism, the girl (who had initially complained in regards to the matter at a police station in Jabalpur district) alleged that Singhar, a former minister, established sexual relations together with her at his official residence, and at one other home in Bhopal, in addition to a flat in Delhi-NCR on the pretext of marriage, however later refused to marry her.

She claimed within the criticism that Singhar lastly married her in April 2022 at his home in Bhopal. “But just two months after marriage, he started displaying abusive behaviour with me, and often raped me and even forced me to perform unnatural sex,” she alleged.

She additionally alleged that the Congress MLA additionally compelled her to make use of intercourse toys, shoot movies, and share them along with his associates.

He typically threatened to kill her and as soon as hung her from the balcony of one among his homes, she alleged.

The FIR talked about that he additionally allegedly bodily assaulted and raped her on the home in Dhar district in October, after which she rang ‘Dial 100’, the emergency response service of the state police, however the cops had been despatched again by Singhar’s sister.

The FIR said that the girl was once more put via extremities by Singhar on November 2, after which she rang the ‘Dial-100 service’ once more. The cops rushed to the home in Dhar and rescued her. She was then taken to Naugaon police station, however, to her shock, as a substitute of lodging a criticism towards Singh, a case of assault and abusive behaviour, was lodged towards her, primarily based on the criticism of the home assist working in Singhar’s home.

She alleged that it was within the identify of the husband of the identical home assist that Singhar owns Benami property.  

Singhar, nevertheless, denied the allegations levelled within the FIR and alleged that the complainant of mentally and bodily harassing him. “I’ve been framed in a false case, as I had complained at the same police station against her on November 2, about being blackmailed by her for Rs 10 crores, failing which she had threatened to get me implicated in a false case.”

The politician additionally claimed that he was being framed as he was a tribal.

Previously, too, when he was booked by the Bhopal Police for abetting the suicide of his girl buddy Soniya Bhardwaj, he had claimed that he was being falsely implicated within the case as he was a tribal.

In the FIR by the girl, she has alleged that Singhar typically “threatened to kill me just like Bhardwaj.”

Who is Umang Singhar?

The 48-year-old is among the strongest tribal politicians in MP. He is the nephew of  former deputy Chief Minister late Jamuna Devi.
He was the forest minister within the erstwhile Congress authorities headed by Kamal Nath for 15 months. Then, he had created a flutter, by publicly accusing ex-Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh of working the federal government from backstage as a “shadow CM” and of being hand in gloves with the liquor mafia.
Ahead of the July 2022 presidential polls, Singhar had alleged that tribal MLAs, together with him, had been being given gives of massive cash by the ruling BJP for voting in favour of NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu.

BHOPAL: Congress’ three-time sitting MLA from Gandhwani (Dhar), Umang Singhar, was booked on Sunday night, for home violence, rape, unnatural intercourse, felony intimidation and abusive conduct-criminal assault u/s 294, 323,376(2)(n), 377, 498-A and 506 IPC at Naugaon police station of Dhar district primarily based on the criticism of a 38-year-old girl, who claims to be his spouse.

In her criticism, the girl (who had initially complained in regards to the matter at a police station in Jabalpur district) alleged that Singhar, a former minister, established sexual relations together with her at his official residence, and at one other home in Bhopal, in addition to a flat in Delhi-NCR on the pretext of marriage, however later refused to marry her.

She claimed within the criticism that Singhar lastly married her in April 2022 at his home in Bhopal. “But just two months after marriage, he started displaying abusive behaviour with me, and often raped me and even forced me to perform unnatural sex,” she alleged.

She additionally alleged that the Congress MLA additionally compelled her to make use of intercourse toys, shoot movies, and share them along with his associates.

He typically threatened to kill her and as soon as hung her from the balcony of one among his homes, she alleged.

The FIR talked about that he additionally allegedly bodily assaulted and raped her on the home in Dhar district in October, after which she rang ‘Dial 100’, the emergency response service of the state police, however the cops had been despatched again by Singhar’s sister.

The FIR said that the girl was once more put via extremities by Singhar on November 2, after which she rang the ‘Dial-100 service’ once more. The cops rushed to the home in Dhar and rescued her. She was then taken to Naugaon police station, however, to her shock, as a substitute of lodging a criticism towards Singh, a case of assault and abusive behaviour, was lodged towards her, primarily based on the criticism of the home assist working in Singhar’s home.

She alleged that it was within the identify of the husband of the identical home assist that Singhar owns Benami property.  

Singhar, nevertheless, denied the allegations levelled within the FIR and alleged that the complainant of mentally and bodily harassing him. “I’ve been framed in a false case, as I had complained at the same police station against her on November 2, about being blackmailed by her for Rs 10 crores, failing which she had threatened to get me implicated in a false case.”

The politician additionally claimed that he was being framed as he was a tribal.

Previously, too, when he was booked by the Bhopal Police for abetting the suicide of his girl buddy Soniya Bhardwaj, he had claimed that he was being falsely implicated within the case as he was a tribal.

In the FIR by the girl, she has alleged that Singhar typically “threatened to kill me just like Bhardwaj.”

Who is Umang Singhar?

The 48-year-old is among the strongest tribal politicians in MP. He is the nephew of  former deputy Chief Minister late Jamuna Devi.
He was the forest minister within the erstwhile Congress authorities headed by Kamal Nath for 15 months. Then, he had created a flutter, by publicly accusing ex-Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh of working the federal government from backstage as a “shadow CM” and of being hand in gloves with the liquor mafia.
Ahead of the July 2022 presidential polls, Singhar had alleged that tribal MLAs, together with him, had been being given gives of massive cash by the ruling BJP for voting in favour of NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu.