After two Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders - minister Gayatri Prajapati and Arun Kumar Verma, alongwith Peace Party chief Dr Ayub, were accused of rape, now Bahujan Samaj Party leader and candidate from Ayodhya Bazmi Siddiqui was accused of gang rape by a local woman.
The police registered a case but no one including Siddiqui were arrested. Earlier too, the BSP candidate was let off the hook by the local police after similar charges were levelled against him. On his part, Siddiqui termed the sequence of events as a `conspiracy’ to tarnish his image.
As per reports, a local woman from Ayodhya alleged that Siqddiqui alongwith half a dozen of his cronies - Rehan, Gaffar, Chand, Pappu, Parvez etc, barged inside her house when she was with her disabled relative on Thursday. She alleged that the accused assaulted and raped her before fleeing the spot.
The girl further charged that earlier too, Siddiqui was involved in similar offences but while the cops acted against the other accused, they let Siddiqui off the hook. The police said that matter wasn under investigation and action will be taken after probe.
About a fortnight back, SP MlA from Sultanpur Arun Kumar Verma was charged with rape and murder of a girl. The victim lodged rape charges against Verma in 2013. After her body was recovered near her house some days back, her father charged the SP MlA of orchestrating her murder.
Another SP MlA from Amethi and minister, Gayatri Prajapati was also accused of rape of a woman and a case against him was registered on orders of the Supreme Court. He too is absconding and the police has sent a look-out notice for him at all airports of teh country to thwart Prajapati from fleeing the country.
Similarly last week, Peace Party chief Dr Ayub faced charge sof sexual exploitation and murde . The 20 something victim was to KGMC, lucknow in a serious condition where she succumbed due to damaged liver and kidneys. The girl’s brother lodged an FIR against Ayub charging him of sexually exploiting her and administering medicines which damaged her liver and kidneys. The complainant said that Ayub had brought the girl to lucknow five years ago from Khalilabad in Sant Kabir Nagar on the pretext of providing her better education. later he sexually exploited her before plotting her murder. A case was registered under Sections 376 (punishment for rape), 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of IPC against Ayub. Ayub, who owns a number of hospitals in the state, is currently a sitting MlA from Khalilabad Assembly seat and is contesting the election from the same seat.