MP rape case: BJP leader, 5 others arrested

August 22, 2014 12:56 pm | Updated 12:58 pm IST - Dewas (MP)

Six persons including a local BJP leader were arrested in connection with alleged trafficking and rape of a minor girl from Assam, police said on Friday.

The accused were caught last evening during a routine checking on Ujjain road when police stopped a car on the basis of suspicion and found a 15-year-old girl in the captivity of four men, City Kotwali Police Station In-charge, Bhupendra Singh said.

The minor later told police that she was lured by a person from Doipang area near Guwahati, Assam and brought to Mumbai on the pretext of providing her a job but was allegedly raped there by few persons.

Later, she was brought to Indore in Madhya Pradesh where a middleman Raja alias Rakesh allegedly sold her to a woman agent, Mumtaz after taking money.

Mumtaz later handed over her for Rs. 4,000 to four persons including Dewas Municipal Corporation’s Revenue Inspector Sabir alias Lal, a corporation employee Rohit Jalodia, BJP leader Hamid Sadar and Yaqub Sheikh.

Taking a serious view of the matter, BJP has expelled the minority wing’s former office bearer Hamid from the party.

The accused will be produced in a local court and a police team would be sent to Assam for further probing the incident.

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