After threats, Bhadohi woman provided security

VARANASI: Bhadohi police on Thursday said three constables had been deployed for the security of the 40-year-old woman, who had accused Bhadohi BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi and six others, including his three sons, of raping her for a month in 2017.

Police had registered a case in this connection on Wednesday following a complaint by the woman. Police said her security had been beefed up after she said she was getting threats to her life.“The woman alleged that she was getting threats after which her security had been enhanced. She has been provided three constables, including two women constables, who would provide her round-the-clock security,” Bhadohi SP Ram Badan Singh said. The woman, who is a widow, had lodged a complaint with the police on February 10, following which an FIR was registered on Wednesday, he said.The woman alleged that she was first raped by Tripathi’s nephew Sandeep Tiwari, who had also been named in the FIR, in 2016. She said she did not lodge a complaint back then as Tiwari had promised to marry her. She alleged that during 2017 UP assembly polls, she was kept at a hotel for a month by Tiwari, during which all the seven accused visited the hotel and repeatedly raped her, the officer said. She also claimed that she got pregnant and was forced to undergo abortion, he added.

A probe in this regard was handed over to assistant superintendent of police Ravindra Verma. On the basis of his report, an FIR was registered against the seven men at the city police station, the SP said. Besides the MLA and his three sons, the rest are Tripathi’s nephews. The SP said the woman’s statement was recor ded before a magistrate. Her medical examination would be done on Saturday after which further action would be taken as per law.

THE WOMAN, WHO IS A WIDOW, HAD LODGED A COMPLAINT WITH THE POLICE ON FEBRUARY 10, FOLLOWING WHICH AN FIR WAS REGISTERED