BSP MP remanded to one-day police custody in rape case
22 Nov 2013 5:43 AM IST
Dhananjay, MP from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, was produced before metropolitan magistrate Babita Puniya on a production warrant issued for him in a case of allegedly repeatedly raping a 42-year-old woman, a railway employee, between 2005 and 2009.
The Delhi police arrested Dhananjay inside the courtroom in the fresh case and sought two-day custody for his interrogation saying the MP is not cooperating with them in the investigation of the case.
Advocate SPM Tripathi, appearing for Dhananjay, opposed the police plea saying his client is cooperating in the probe and he has nothing more to tell the investigators.
The court, however, allowed the police plea and remanded Dhananjay to a day’s police custody till Friday.
The police said that an FIR of rape was lodged against Dhananjay after the woman recently approached it alleging that she was sexually exploited by the MP between 2005 and 2009.
She was continuously raped by Singh at gunpoint and was threatened with dire consequences if she reported the matter, the police said.
The rape case was lodged against the MP on 13 November at Pandav Nagar police station in east Delhi.
Dhananjay, and his wife Jagriti, a dental surgeon at the R M L Hospital, were arrested on 5 November and are currently in judicial custody in connection with the death of their 35-year-old maid Rakhi Bhadra, a resident of West Bengal.
The court had rejected Dhananjay’s bail in the murder case saying the allegations against him were ‘very serious’ and he does not deserve any leniency due his previous conduct.
Rakhi’s body, with injury marks on her legs, chest and arms, was recovered from Dhananjay’s South Avenue residence on the evening of 4 November.
The police had said the MP and Jagriti allegedly used to ‘mercilessly’ beat and torture their three domestic helps-- Rakhi, Meena and a minor.
The Delhi police arrested Dhananjay inside the courtroom in the fresh case and sought two-day custody for his interrogation saying the MP is not cooperating with them in the investigation of the case.
Advocate SPM Tripathi, appearing for Dhananjay, opposed the police plea saying his client is cooperating in the probe and he has nothing more to tell the investigators.
The court, however, allowed the police plea and remanded Dhananjay to a day’s police custody till Friday.
The police said that an FIR of rape was lodged against Dhananjay after the woman recently approached it alleging that she was sexually exploited by the MP between 2005 and 2009.
She was continuously raped by Singh at gunpoint and was threatened with dire consequences if she reported the matter, the police said.
The rape case was lodged against the MP on 13 November at Pandav Nagar police station in east Delhi.
Dhananjay, and his wife Jagriti, a dental surgeon at the R M L Hospital, were arrested on 5 November and are currently in judicial custody in connection with the death of their 35-year-old maid Rakhi Bhadra, a resident of West Bengal.
The court had rejected Dhananjay’s bail in the murder case saying the allegations against him were ‘very serious’ and he does not deserve any leniency due his previous conduct.
Rakhi’s body, with injury marks on her legs, chest and arms, was recovered from Dhananjay’s South Avenue residence on the evening of 4 November.
The police had said the MP and Jagriti allegedly used to ‘mercilessly’ beat and torture their three domestic helps-- Rakhi, Meena and a minor.
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