Non-bailable warrants were issued by the police on Saturday against absconding rape accused Minister Gayatri Prajapati in Uttar Pradesh and six other persons while his passport was impounded and a look-out notice issued against him.
The police action comes on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused alliance partners SP and Congress of chanting “Gayatri Prajapati Mantra”.
The police said raids were also being conducted in Lucknow, Kanpur and Amethi to trace Prajapati who was booked following a Supreme Court directive.
“Passport of Gayatri Prasad Prajapati has been impounded,” ADG (Law and Order) Daljit Chaudhary said here.
He said the UP Police will approach the Ministry of External Affairs to get the passport cancelled.
Mr Chaudhary said Non-Bailable Warrants (NBW) had been issued against Prajapati and six others in connection with the case of alleged gangrape of a woman and attempt to rape her minor daughter.
Raids being conducted
He also said a look-out notice has been issued and raids were being conducted.
Mr Chaudhary said that to ensure that Prajapati is arrested soon, the Special Task Force of UP Police has been roped in, especially to prevent him from crossing the country’s borders.
The action also comes a day after airports across the country were alerted about the possibility of Prajapati trying to flee the country.
Earlier in the day, at an election meeting in Jaunpur, Mr Modi said, “In this country, when we do something good, we chant the Gayatri Mantra. But, the SP-Congress alliance is chanting the ‘Gayatri Prajapati Mantra’. A case has been lodged against him (but) the CM went to campaign for him while he (Gayatri) was present there...Now, the police cannot trace him.”
‘CM sheilding him’
“A daughter is seeking justice and the Chief Minister is shielding the gunehgaar (guilty)...What bigger blot can there be than this that in UP when a buffalo goes missing, the government runs to find it. But, a girl is crying for justice and the police and CM are sleeping.”
