Etawah, January 27: Days after the UP Police gave a clean chit to ruling BSP MLA Shiv Prasad Yadav, facing allegations of colluding with a rape accused and implicating the victim in a false case, a local court today directed the police to lodge an FIR against him and police officers.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohd Jaigamuddin asked the police to lodge an FIR against the BSP MLA from Bharthana Yadav, inspector Bakewar Rakesh Bharati and incharge of Lakhna outpost J P Bharati for helping a rape accused, victim’s counsel Bapu Singh Sengar told reporters.
A woman, who was arrested in December 23 last on charges of provoking her husband to commit suicide, moved an application on January 18 before the court alleging that on December 16 she was raped by Vinod Awasthi, principal of Gyan Sthali owned by the BSP MLA.
–Agencies