Uttar Pradesh: Rape accused BSP MP Atul Rai booked under Gangster Act. Varanasi News – Times of India

Varanasi: Atul Rai, BSP MP from jail Ghosi and a case has been registered against one of his accomplices gangster act By lanka police on Saturday.
police Commissioner One Satish Ganesh Said, “Rai, who is inside” Naini Jail He is accused in many criminal cases of Prayagraj. Due to his involvement in the same cases, the Lanka Police had started the process of booking him under the Gangster Act. co-accused in the same case Sujit BelwaAlong with him, a case has also been registered under the Gangster Act lodged in the district jail of Varanasi. Further action in this regard is on.”
According to police records, Rai has 21 criminal cases registered against him, who was booked under the Gangsters Act twice in 2009 and again in 2011. A total of 39 criminal cases are registered against Belwa, who was also booked under the Gangster Act. and punk act in the past.
Rai has been in jail since June 22, 2019, when a woman filed a case against him at the Lanka Police Station in May 2019 alleging that he raped her at his apartment on March 7, 2019 and a video also recorded. Rai, who had filed his nomination as a BSP candidate from the Ghosi parliamentary seat, won the election as a fugitive and later surrendered before the court on June 22, 2019.
The complainant and key witness in the rape case had set himself on fire outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi on August 17 by leveling serious allegations against police and other officials of conspiracy against DIG Amit Pathak, retired IG Amitabh Thakur and a judge. There was an allegation. via live streaming on her Facebook page. The witness died on 21 August at RML Hospital, while the complainant died on 24 August.
The incident had led to massive action as former SSP of Varanasi Amit Pathak was attached to the DGP headquarters by the state home department. He was also accused of harassing her during his tenure as Kashi district police chief. In this connection, Inspector Rakesh Singh and Sub-Inspector Girijashankar Yadav, in-charge of Cantonment police station of Varanasi have been suspended.
The state government had constituted an SIT to probe the self-immolation case by the duo and based on the report submitted by the two-member panel, further action like arrest of Amitabh Thakur was taken in Lucknow.
Amresh Baghel, a former circle officer of Bhelupur, who was accused of helping Rai in this rape case and was sent to jail in September after his suspension in 2020, was also recently dismissed from the police department. was done.
(The identity of the victim is not disclosed to protect the privacy of the victim as per the directions of the Supreme Court on matters related to sexual harassment)

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