Jan 30, 2025 09:55 PM IST
A forty five-year-old girl had lodged an FIR in opposition to the MP of raping her a number of occasions by promising to marry and construct her political profession for the previous 4 years
After a chase of practically two weeks, the state police on Thursday arrested Congress MP from Sitapur, Rakesh Rathore, who’s accused of raping a 45-year-old girl by promising to marry and construct her political profession for the previous 4 years, confirmed Sitapur superintendent of police (SP), Chakresh Mishra.
Congress MP from Sitapur Rakesh Rathore (HT File Photograph)
Talking over the cellphone, he mentioned that the native court docket has despatched Rathore to jail in judicial custody until February 11 whereas additional investigation within the case is on.
Earlier, on January 17, the FIR was lodged in opposition to the MP below Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) sections 64 for rape, 351 (3) for prison intimidation and 327 (2) for threatening utilizing a firearm at Sitapur’s Metropolis Kotwali police station.
The MP had been elusive since then amid makes an attempt to get anticipatory bail within the case, however a Lucknow bench of Allahabad excessive court docket on Wednesday turned down his petition for anticipatory bail and directed him to give up within the Sitapur district and periods court docket inside two weeks’ time.
Mishra mentioned that the MP was arrested from his home whereas he was addressing a press convention to make clear his stand over the allegations levelled in opposition to him within the FIR. He mentioned the MP has been taken to the town Kotwali police station for additional authorized proceedings. He mentioned the accused was produced earlier than the Sitapur court docket of the chief judicial Justice of the Peace, from the place he was despatched to jail in 14 days judicial custody.
The SP mentioned the Sitapur police had been finishing up searches for the arrest of the accused at his hideouts in Sitapur, Lucknow and different cities. He mentioned the police even served the discover at his Sitapur residence on January 21 asking to provide his clarification over the allegations, however he didn’t flip up earlier than the police and stored evading arrest for the previous two weeks. “We raided his residence at around 1.30 pm after coming to know that he is holding a press conference to give clarification to the media over allegations levelled against him,” he mentioned.
Earlier, the MP’s lawyer tried to defend him and requested the only bench of justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan to supply aid to him because the case has been registered after a delay of 4 years however the further advocate common Vinod Kumar Shahi appealed to the court docket to show down the petition stating that this isn’t a case the place the accused ought to be offered any type of speedy aid. The court docket had lastly turned down the petition and directed the MP to give up earlier than the Sitapur district and periods’ court docket inside two weeks’ time.
The Sitapur MP/MLA court docket had additionally turned down the anticipatory bail software of the Congress MP on January 23.
Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Rai had demanded a judicial inquiry to probe the accusations in opposition to the MP.
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