Dalit woman accuses Sonia’s colleague of ‘rape on the pretext of job and marriage’

Amidst the ongoing controversy over the National Herald case, Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s personal assistant PP Madhavan has been accused of rape. According to various media reports, the complaint was lodged at Delhi’s Uttam Nagar police station on Saturday. However, the veracity of those reports has not been verified by Zee News.

According to police sources, a 26-year-old Dalit woman has filed a rape complaint against Sonia Gandhi’s assistant. The woman claimed in her complaint that she used to work in the Congress office in Delhi. Her husband died in 2020. The complainant told the police that she was raped on the pretext of job and marriage. She also alleged that the accused threatened that the consequences would not be good if the incident was brought to light.

He further alleged, “He took me to a secluded place near Uttam Nagar metro station and took me inside his car. In February 2022, he took me to a flat in Sunder Nagar and forced me without my consent. done.”

Dwarka Deputy Commissioner of Police M Harsh Vardhan said, “A complaint of rape and criminal engagement has been registered at Uttam Nagar police station. We are looking into it.”

The DCP, however, did not name any political leader while citing the name of the person against whom the allegations have been leveled. Delhi Police sources claimed in the media that 71-year-old Madhavan, Sonia Gandhi’s aide, has been accused of rape.