The Delhi Police has registered case of rape and criminal intimidation against the personal secretary of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, 71- year-old PP Madhavan after a complaint by a 26-year-old woman.
The woman alleged that the accused Madhavan lured her on the pretext of providing her a job and had promised marriage.
A police officer privy to the investigation said that the victim had alleged that she was allegedly raped and threatened of dire consequences by the accused if she reported the matter.“A complaint was received at the Uttam Nagar Police Station on June 25 following which a First Information Report (FIR) under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered. Police teams are investigating the matter,” said M Harsha Vardhan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Dwarka district.
The DCP also said that the police were investigating the allegations levelled against a 71-year-old man who is working as a personal secretary to a senior political leader.
Though the DCP did not name the political leader, officials in the Delhi Police said the allegations were levelled against Madhavan. The officials said the woman lives in Delhi and her husband died in 2020. The husband used to work at the Congress party office, police said, adding that he used to affix party’s hoardings. According to woman, after her husband’s death in February 2020, she began looking for a job and got in touch with Madhavan.
“He first called me for interview. He used to make video calls and chat with me on WhatsApp. He took me to an isolated location near the Uttam Nagar Metro Station and forced himself on me inside his car,” the woman alleged. “In February 2022, he took me to a flat in Sundar Nagar where he forced himself on me,” she alleged.