A 24-year-old woman has accused two men of allegedly hiring her to frame a 27-year-old Muslim businessman for raping her in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district, reported The Times of India on Sunday. One of the men claimed to be a Bharatiya Janata Party leader.
Before she accused the two men, the complainant said that a man named Prince Qureshi had assumed the name of Monu Gupta. He had promised to marry her and raped her. Subsequently, Qureshi was booked for rape, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation on July 16.
However, when the complainant was asked to undergo a medical examination, she rescinded the allegations against Qureshi. The police had told her that she could be jailed if her claims are proven false.
In her statement before the magistrate, the woman said that 38-year-old Aman Chauhan and 28-year-old Akash Solanki had hired her to frame Qureshi. Chauhan identifies himself as the district vice president of the BJP youth wing, according to The Times of India.
BJP district president KP Singh, however, claimed Chauhan has been expelled from the party. Singh said that he does not know Solanki, adding that the BJP has nothing to do with the case.
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