Uttar Pradesh: SP Leader Held For Rape, Abortion Charges, Wife Absconding

The officials said that the wife, who was also booked in connection with the case, is absconding.

UP News: The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested Samajwadi Party leader Javed Ahmed in Pratapgarh following allegations of rape and abortion levelled by a woman, officials said on Saturday, as reported by news agency PTI. The officials further said that the wife, who was also booked in connection with the case, is absconding.

Additional Superintendent of Police (East) Durgesh Kumar Singh said the woman in her complaint submitted to the Patti police station, has alleged that she befriended SP leader Ahmed, who is also a zila panchayat member, on Facebook. Singh further said that she claimed that the SP leader started talking to her over phone and they eventually started dating, Singh said.

The complainant further stated that Ahmed allegedly established physical relations with her on the pretext of marriage, PTI reported. Singh said that when she became pregnant, he got her aborted with the help of his wife Salma Begum. The accused also threatened the woman when she asked him to marry her, the ASP said.

Based on the complaint filed by the victim, the police sprung into action and registered a case against Ahmed and his wife under various sections of the IPC, following which the SP leader was arrested Friday evening and sent to jail on Saturday, Singh further said, as reported by PTI.

According to the Police, the case was registered under Sections 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc), 376 (punishment for rape), 313 (causing miscarriage without woman's consent), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 120B (punishment of criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, as reported by PTI.