A woman in Indore has registered a police case against the son of a Congress MLA from Ujjain district in Madhya Pradesh, and accused him of rape, police said on Saturday.
The Women’s Police station of Indore on Friday registered a case of rape based on the complaint from the woman, who is also associated with the Congress party.
In her complaint, the woman said that she met the Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA’s son at an event in Indore after which they became friends. She said that they used to meet at her flat in the city. She alleged that the accused sexually assaulted her on the pretext of marriage; however, he later refused to marry her.
Jyoti Sharma, an official with the Women’s Police Station said, “On Friday, the victim, who is a resident of Indore, came to the police station and said that Karan Morwal, another resident of Indore, befriended her. She alleges that he sexually assaulted her on the pretext of marriage and later refused to marry her. The victim claims that the action was non-consensual. We registered a case under section 376 of the IPC.”
Police said the accused is an office-bearer of the Congress and his father is an MLA from Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh.
The police are currently searching for the accused.
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