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BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi, six others booked for rape in UP district

Sentinel Digital Desk

BHADOHI (UP): An FIR has been lodged against BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi and six others in Bhadohi on Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman repeatedly for a month in 2017. The woman, 40, had lodged a complaint on February 10.

The complainant had alleged that in 2017, Tripathi and his six accomplices kept her at a hotel for a month and repeatedly raped her. Superintendent of Police (SP) Ram Badan Singh said that the woman also claimed that she got pregnant and was forced to undergo an abortion.

A probe in this regard was handed over to Assistant Superintendent of Police (SP) Ravindra Verma and the FIR was registered after he submitted his report. (IANS)