RJD suspends its MLA from party over rape allegations

RJD suspends its MLA from party over rape allegations

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 06:07 PM IST
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PATNA : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has suspended its MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav from the party on Sunday for allegedly raping a minor. The RJD MLA has been charged with kidnapping and raping a 15 year old girl at his residence at his constituency Nawada in Bihar.

RJD’s Bihar unit president Ram Chandra Purbe said that Yadav has been suspended from the party with immediate effect. “The party has taken a serious note of the rape charges levelled against MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav. We have suspended him from the party with immediate effect,” he said. Purbe also said that party has served a show cause notice to Yadav, who won from Nawada seat on RJD ticket in the recent Assembly election and has previously served as a minister inthe RJD government, to explain his position. “This decision has been taken to ensure that nobody damages the party’s reputation in near future,” he added.

Deputy Inspector General of (DIG) Police Shalin had on Saturday issued an arrest order following a complaint against the MLA by a 15-year-old girl from Nalanda. Police on Sunday raided the official residence of the former minister at Anishabad here, but the legislator was not found. On Saturday too, joint team of Nalanda and Nawada police had searched his residence at Nawada but Yadav could not be found. First meeting of the reconstituted executive committee of JDU which met at the residence of the chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday suggested speedy trial of the RJD MLA. JDU’s leadership had demanded Lalu to act against the MLA as JDU official spokesman Ajay Alok demanded immediate arrest of the MLA and his speedy trial.

A delegation of the NDA consisting of the former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, state BJP president Mangal Pandey, leader of opposition Prem Kumar and LJP MP Chirag Paswan called on the Governor Ramnath Kovind and submitted a memorandum to him seeking imposition f President Rule in the state. They also demanded immediate arrest of Raj Ballabh.

DIG of Patna zone police, Shalin said teams have been sent to different parts of the state to arrest the RJD MLA who would be tried under the amended Cr PC and POSCO as the victim was a minor girl who has alleged that the ruling party MLA had forcibly kidnapped her and raped throughout the night on February 6.

Victim, who is a class ten student, alleged that MLA had offered her a mobile set and Rs 30,000 to keep her mouth shut. Her medical examination confirmed rape, DIG said.Raj Ballabh Yadav was booked in 1994 too for rape at Nawada. He later joined RJD and became minister twice under Lalu and Rabri cabinet and held water resources and labour portfolios.

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