Uttar Pradesh BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar was formally charged by the CBI today with raping a 15-year-old in Unnao. The teen had earlier this year tried to commit suicide outside Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s government, alleging that no one was acting on her rape complaint against the ruling party legislator despite several attempts by her.

Sengar, a lawmaker from Bangarmau in Unnao, was arrested by the CBI or Central Bureau of Investigation in April, amid anger and allegations that the state government was trying to shield him.

The police charged him with kidnapping and criminal intimidation and under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act but didn’t arrest him until an Allahabad High Court order.

The teen alleges that she was raped by the lawmaker when she went to his home with a relative seeking a job last year.

Her father suffered severe injuries after being beaten up by Sengar’s supporters. But he was the one who was jailed after the assault, under the Arms Act. He died on April 8. Four days later, the CBI started investigating the case.