BSP MP Dhananjay Singh outside court
BSP parliamentarian Dhananjay Singh, who is in jail over the murder of a domestic help who was tortured at his Delhi home, has now been accused of raping a railway employee.
A 42-year-old woman has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the MP between 2004 and 2009, the Delhi police have said. She has filed a complaint at an east Delhi police station.
"She says she was repeatedly raped by Singh at gunpoint and threatened with dire consequences if she reported him," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), Ajay Kumar.
"We have registered a case of rape and criminal intimidation against Singh. We are taking the victim for a medical examination today and her statement will be recorded by a magistrate," the cop added.
The 38-year-old MP from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh is already facing charges of destroying evidence in the death of domestic help Rakhi Bhadra at his official residence on November 4. Rakhi died allegedly after being mercilessly beaten by the MP's dentist wife Jagriti Singh over the Diwali festival weekend. (
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Both Mr Singh and his wife were arrested on November 5, a day after Rakhi's death, and are now in judicial custody. They have also been booked for the torture of a 17-year-old who worked for them. (
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Rakhi's body was found at the MP's official residence in South Avenue with injury marks on her legs, chest and arms. The teenager who was allegedly tortured along with her, has revealed that Jagriti Singh regularly beat them using sticks, hot rods, an iron and even metallic antlers hung up on the wall. (
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