Congress member of parliament from Sitapur, Rakesh Rathore, was arrested on January 30, reports said. He was arrested on charges of rape, the report said and was taken in custody by the police when he was briefing media persons in his constituency.
Rakesh Rathore, Congress MP from Sitapur, was arrested while he was briefing media persons in Sitapur.
Congress member of parliament from Sitapur, Rakesh Rathore, was arrested on January 30, reports said. He was arrested on charges of rape, the report said and was taken in custody by the police when he was briefing media persons in his constituency.
A case was registered against Rathore on January 17 following a complaint from a woman, who accused him of sexually exploiting her for the past four years. On January 29, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court rejected his anticipatory bail petition. Prior to the high court, the MP-MLA court in Sitapur had rejected his anticipatory bail plea on January 23.
Last week, the woman's husband also filed a separate complaint against five individuals, alleging Rathore and his son were pressuring the family to settle the case.