Dynamite News Video: Congress Uttar Pradesh MP arrested for sexually exploiting woman
Breaking News coming in from Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur where Congress' Lok Sabha MP has been arrested in a case related to allegedly sexually exploiting a woman. Read further on Dynamite News:
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested Congress' Sitapur MP Rakesh Rathore for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman, reports Dynamite News correspondent.
Congress' Sitapur MP Rakesh Rathore arrested for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman
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The Lok Sabha MP was arrested wheh he was holding a press conference.
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The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesay rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Rakesh Rathore in the case.
FIR lodged
An FIR was filed against the Lok Sabha MP on January 17 on a complaint by a woman who accused him of raping her for over four years on the pretext of marriage.
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Woman's husband files complaint
Subsequently, the woman's husband filed a complaint accusing MP Rakesh Rathore and his son of pressuring their family to settle the case.