U.P. Minister Gayatri Prajapati arrested on rape charge

Rape accused Uttar Pradesh Minister Gayatri Prajapati was on Wednesday arrested from the city after remaining absconding for nearly a month.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Lucknow, Manzil Saini told PTI that Mr. Prajapati was arrested from Aashiyana area of the city early this morning.

He is likely to be produced before the POCSO Court later in the day, Mr. Saini said.

Six persons named in the FIR against the 49-year-old SP leader have already been been picked up by the police.

Police on Tuesday interrogated the SP leader’s two sons and a nephew to get some inputs regarding his whereabouts.

Mr. Prajapati was booked on a Supreme Court directive and an FIR was lodged on February 17 against him and the six others on the charge of gangraping a woman and alleged attempt to rape her minor daughter.