Brajesh Pandey Brajesh PandeyBIHAR CONGRESS vice-president Brajesh Pandey, who has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly molesting the minor daughter of a former state minister, resigned from the party post on Tuesday. “The girl brought the matter to the police about two months ago, naming four persons. Based on the supervision note of women’s cell DSP Mamata Kalyani, we named Congress leader Brajesh Pandey in the FIR three weeks ago,” IG, Criminal Investigation Department (weaker sections), Anil Kishore Yadav, told The Indian Express. However, in a letter to Bihar PCC chief Ashok Kumar Choudhary, Pandey claimed that he was the victim of a “conspiracy”. When the girl video-recorded her statement before the police, she did not name me,” he said in the letter.

Source: Indian Express February 21, 2017 21:33 UTC