Police arrested Palash Chandel, son of Chhattisgarh Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Narayan Chandel in reference to an alleged rape case. Police officers on Friday mentioned that he was on the run for greater than two months.
Palash, held on Thursday evening, was launched on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 25,000 as he had secured anticipatory bail from the Chhattisgarh High Court, he added.
He was arrested by police in Janjgir-Champa district, mentioned the district’s Additional Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Soni.
Narayan Chandel is the MLA from Janjgir Champa constituency. The HC had granted anticipatory bail to Palash on April 4.
A case was registered towards Palash in the state capital Raipur on January 19 after a lady trainer from a tribal neighborhood in Janjgir Champa district accused him of sexually exploiting her for a number of years by promising to marry her.
The complainant additionally claimed that Palash compelled her to have an abortion.
A case beneath Indian Penal Code sections 376(2)(n) (committing rape repeatedly on the identical lady) and 313 (inflicting miscarriage with out lady’s consent) apart from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was registered towards him.
The case was later transferred to Janjgir Champa police.
The lady had additionally approached the Chhattisgarh State Women’s Commission and Chhattisgarh State Scheduled Tribes Commission.
(With PTI enter)
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