<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, accused in Unnao gang-rape case, has been taken into custody by the CBI early this morning. He has been brought at the CBI office in Lucknow for interrogation.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Earlier, the Centre accepted the State Government 's request to conduct investigations by the CBI into all three cases pertaining to alleged gang rape with a minor girl and custodial death of her father in Unnao district.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">AIR correspondent reports that the Centre has issued a notification in this regard. All cases have been lodged at Makhi police station in Unnao district.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Local BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, his brother and his other associates are named accused in the cases.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Principal Secretary Home of the State Arvind Kumar has said that the CBI will start its probe today.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">On the other hand, the Allahabad High Court is likely to pronounce its order this afternoon on a PIL demanding an independent probe under the court's supervision in the case.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Advocate General Raghavendra Singh appeared before the Division bench of Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice Suneet Kumar and presented arguments.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The court had issued a notice to the government taking sue motu cognisance of the matter on a letter of senior advocate Gopal Chaturvedi.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It has asked Mr. Chaturvedi to appear in the case as amicus curiae.</div>