Allegations that three young men were held captive and tortured at the residence of BJP MLA Kunwar Sushant Singh in Moradabad have triggered a political and police accountability dispute in Uttar Pradesh, with the Congress alleging that authorities stopped its delegation from meeting the victims’ families.
UP Congress president Aradhana Mishra Mona accused the state government of shielding the Badhapur legislator after the alleged incident, according to a party release reported by the Times of India. The Congress said the three men worked at Singh’s residence and were allegedly held for two days, assaulted and subjected to electric shocks.
The alleged incident took place at the MLA’s residence in Ratupura village, which falls under the limits of Dilari police station in Moradabad district. The supplied report does not establish whether the allegations have been confirmed by police or through an independent investigation.
A Congress delegation that was travelling to meet the families was stopped by police at Islampur before reaching them, the party said. Mishra alleged that the police and district administration were preventing the delegation from meeting the families instead of taking action against those accused.
The dispute therefore extends beyond the allegations of violence. It also raises questions about access to affected families, the conduct of local authorities and the transparency of any investigation involving a sitting elected representative. A political delegation’s attempt to meet the families is not, by itself, evidence establishing the alleged assault, but the police action has become a separate point of contention between the Congress and the administration.
Mishra said the Congress stood with the alleged victims and would work to secure justice for them. Senior state Congress vice-president Devendra Nishad questioned why party representatives were stopped, saying their stated purpose was to support the families and ascertain the facts.
The report does not carry a response from the MLA, the Moradabad police or the district administration to the allegations, the police intervention or the Congress’s claim that the government was shielding the legislator. It also does not provide details of any registered case, arrests, medical examination or formal inquiry.
The next official step will determine whether the allegations are examined through a documented police investigation and whether the authorities publicly clarify why the delegation was stopped. Until those details emerge, the claims remain allegations made by the Congress and have not been independently established in the supplied report.
