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Days aft a tribunal successful Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur territory issued an apprehension warrant against Congress MP Rakesh Rathore successful a lawsuit related to the intersexual exploitation of a 35-year-old pistillate aft confining her successful his house, the parliamentarian was arrested connected Thursday.
The constabulary had approached the tribunal aft the MP had failed to look contempt being served a announcement astatine his residence, directing him to contiguous himself by January 23 for signaling his statement. The announcement was handed implicit to a household member.
Earlier this month, an FIR was lodged against Rathore successful which the complainant alleged that the MP, successful a bid to support her silent, promised to wed her and beforehand her governmental career, each portion subjecting her to intersexual assaults implicit the past 4 years.
According to the police, the pistillate filed a ailment against the MP connected January 15. She alleged that successful 2018 she came successful interaction with Rathore, past a BJP MLA, who offered her governmental mentorship. In March 2020, erstwhile she visited his location astatine his invitation, Rathore locked her wrong and sexually assaulted her, she claimed. When she resisted, helium allegedly utilized affectional blackmail, citing his governmental power and promising to divorcement his woman to wed her.
“Using these tactics, helium established carnal relations with maine aggregate times,” the complainant stated, adding that societal pressures forced her to stay silent.
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