Varanasi: A court here acquitted on Saturday BSP MP Atul Kumar Singh said his lawyer in the case of alleged rape, cheating and threatening a person.
In August last year, a 24-year-old woman, who had filed a complaint against the MP, along with her friend and witness in the case, died after self-immolation outside her house. Supreme court in Delhi.
Anuj YadavThe MP’s lawyer said that the Special Judge of the MP-MLA Court, siyaram chaurasiaDecision given in favor of Singh alias Atul RaiJoe Ghosi represents the Lok Sabha seat and has been in jail since June 2019 in this case.
Yadav said the court did not find the victim’s statement “credible”.
“The evidence could not be produced on behalf of the victim and the incident could not be proved,” the lawyer said.
On May 1, 2019, the woman had filed a case of rape against Atul Rai and others. In the police complaint, she said that Rai took her to his flat in Varanasi, allegedly raped her, and also allegedly made videos and took photographs. He then threatened to put the video online.
Rai surrendered in court on 22 June 2019 and since then he is lodged in Naini Jail in Prayagraj.
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