Prajapati moves SC, seeks recall of FIR order

Samajwadi Party leader and UP minister Gayatri Prajapati on Monday moved the Supreme Court for recall of its order for lodging an FIR against him in cases of alleged gangrape and attempt to rape a woman and her daughter.

Prajapati, whose involvement in these cases has been used by political opponents in electioneering in the poll-bound state, has cried foul alleging that it was a "politically motivated" case as the complainant was affiliated to the BJP.

Seeking a stay on his impending arrest, he claimed that the state Government had not put the actual facts in the right perspective before the apex court and false allegations were levelled against him. On February 17, the apex court had directed the UP Police to lodge an FIR against Prajapati and asked it to inquire and file an action taken report regarding the incidents in eight weeks in a sealed cover.

The apex court's direction had come on a PIL filed by a woman who had alleged repeated gangrape by Prajapati and others and sought the court's direction for lodging of an FIR.