New Delhi: Three more accomplices of absconding rape-accused minister Gayatri Prajapati were today arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the case against the Samajwadi Party leader.
With this, six persons named in the FIR against the 49-year-old SP leader have been picked up.
"Today's arrests were made from Hazratganj area in central Lucknow," IG (Lucknow) A Satish Ganesh told PTI.
Earlier Prajapati's two aides were arrested from Noida near Jewar on the Yamuna Expressway on March 7.
The minister's security guard Chandrapal was arrested on March 6 near Lucknow Police lines.
Prajapati was booked on a Supreme Court directive and an FIR was lodged on February 17 against the minister and six others for allegedly gang-raping a woman and alleged attempt to rape her minor daughter.
The apex court had asked the UP Police to submit an action taken report regarding the incidents in eight weeks. UP Police plans to attached two properties of the minister in Lucknow and one in Amethi, his assembly constituency, to force him to surrender, SSP Lucknow Manzil Saini told PTI.
A Look Out notice has already been issued against him as also a Non-Bailable Warrant. His passport too has been impounded.
Earlier, airports across the country were alerted about the possibility of Prajapati trying to flee the country. In the just-concluded Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Prajapati lost from Amethi, the seat he held, to BJP.
With this, six persons named in the FIR against the 49-year-old SP leader have been picked up.
"Today's arrests were made from Hazratganj area in central Lucknow," IG (Lucknow) A Satish Ganesh told PTI.
The minister's security guard Chandrapal was arrested on March 6 near Lucknow Police lines.
Advertisement
The apex court had asked the UP Police to submit an action taken report regarding the incidents in eight weeks. UP Police plans to attached two properties of the minister in Lucknow and one in Amethi, his assembly constituency, to force him to surrender, SSP Lucknow Manzil Saini told PTI.
Advertisement
Earlier, airports across the country were alerted about the possibility of Prajapati trying to flee the country. In the just-concluded Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Prajapati lost from Amethi, the seat he held, to BJP.
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Ex-UP Minister Who Faces Gang-Rape Charge Gets Bail For Daughter's Wedding UP Court Orders Cop's Arrest For Model Code Violation By Ex-Minister Former UP Minister Gayatri Prajapati, 2 Others Get Life Term In Rape Case "Trusted Mamata Banerjee But...": Father Of Murdered Doctor To NDTV "Like Indira Gandhi...": Student Arrested For 'Shoot Mamata Banerjee' Post What Murdered Doctor's Father Said About A Torn Page From Her Diary Elite Jewish High School Graduates Shun Columbia Amid Protest Turmoil Chhattisgarh Father Beats Girl, 8, To Death. She Was Fighting Sister For Toy In Lateral Entry Row, Rahul Gandhi Renews "Attack On Dalits..." Criticism Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.