Another Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA has been booked for rape after a woman accused him of repeatedly raping her for a month in 2017. Bhadohi BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi and six others have been booked by UP Police for allegedly raping the 40-year-old woman. According to NDTV, she had first filed a complaint against the MLA's nephew for allegedly raping her after promising to marry her. "The complainant had said that the MLA's nephew Sandeep Tiwari had established sexual relations after the promise of marriage. Earlier, another BJP MLA - Kuldeep Singh Sengar - was convicted by a trial court in December 2019 for abducting and raping a minor.

Source: dna February 19, 2020 14:26 UTC