In connection with the case of a pradhan of village Budakhedra in Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) allegedly pressuring a person to give him money for settling a rape case lodged against his son, Haridwar police arrested the pradhan Harish when he was going to surrender in the court in Roorkee on Friday. later, he was released on bail.
Notably, the pradhan Harish had allegedly framed Sachin, the son of the complainant, with whom he had a dispute in the rape case with the assistance of his friend Neelu. According to the complaint lodged by Sachin’s father Budh Sah, Neelu had brought her two friends from Karnataka and involved Sachin in sexual relation with them as part of the conspiracy hatched by the pradhan. later, as the two girls had lodged rape complaint against Sachin the latter had been arrested. After Sachin had landed in jail, the pradhan had allegedly rung up his father and asked him to give Rs 25 lakh to resolve the case. Subsequently, Budh Sah had lodged complaint against the pradhan and Neelu at Kaliyar police station, alleging that the duo had framed his son in a false case. Harish’s friend Neelu had already been arrested by the police and she is now languishing in jail