GUWAHATI: In an embarrassment to BJP,
Assam Police on Friday disclosed that a
married woman had filed an
FIR against
Nagaon Lok Sabha MP and junior railways minister
Rajen Gohain, accusing him of rape, cheating and criminal intimidation. Interestingly, the complainant’s husband is also a
BJP member. There was an FIR filed against him on the same day his wife had filed her complaint against the minister.
Police in Nagaon shared the details of the case for the first time on Friday morning, eight days after the complaint was filed. On August 2, the woman had filed a complaint alleging that the minister had been sexually exploiting her and another woman for almost eight months, promising them employment. Accordingly, police registered her FIR (case no 2592/2018) under Sections 417 (cheating), 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
Police also said the complainant submitted an application four days later, seeking to withdraw her case. However, Nagaon SP Shankar Barata Raimedhi told TOI that police don’t have the power to withdraw the case and this has to be decided by a court of law.
Rajen Gohain
