BJP MLA and 16 others booked over rape and fraud charges in UP’s Baduan
Live MintAn FIR was lodged against a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Harish Shakya and 16 others on Saturday in Badaun district, Uttar Pradesh, on charges of rape, fraud and threats, according to a report by the Hindustan Times citing police officials. On December 11, Leela Chaudhary, an additional chief judicial magistrate and special judge of MP/MLA court Badaun, had stated in the court order to lodge an FIR against the BJP MLA and 16 others involved in the case. According to the complaint, it was also alleged that the BJP MLA and his two aides gang raped his wife on September 17 at his camp office, the report said. “The FIR was lodged against BJP MLA Harish Shakya at the Civil Lines police station on Saturday following the court order," the report stated quoting Badaun district police chief Brijesh Kumar Singh.