Gayatri Prasad Prajapati
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Gayatri Prasad Prajapati is an Indian politician belonging to Samajwadi Party charged with rape, criminal conspiracy and criminal intimidation. He is a former cabinet minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh and also had held the Ministry of Transport.he also served as a miles ministry during akhilesh cabinet . Prajapati born in poor kumhar family of amethi uttar pradesh .he established gayadai college in amethi.
Criminal charges
- He is under the Lokayukta scanner for allegedly misusing his position to amass assets worth crores. Prajapati was a BPL card holder in 2002.[1]
- On 17 February 2017, the Supreme Court of India directed UP police to lodge an FIR against Prajapati in connection with a rape case.
- He was arrested in Lucknow on 15 March 2017 after an escape since 27 February 2017.[2]
- He is under CBI scanner on the 2016 orders of Allahabad High Court for allowing illegal mining in his capacity of UP mining minister in 7 districts of Uttar Pradesh - Shamli, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar, Deoria, Kaushambi and Saharanpur - in violation of rules and ban by the National Green Tribunal.[3][4][5][6]
Rape allegations
A woman, hailing from Chitrakoot, alleged that Gayatri Prajapati had raped her three years previously. Prajapati reportedly took her obscene photos and continued to rape her for two years under the threat of leaking those photos. He also molested her under the false promise of giving an important position in Samajwadi Party.[7]
The victim approached the Uttar Pradesh police to file a complaint against Prajapati. However, the UP Police refused to file an FIR. The woman then approached Supreme Court which directed the police to lodge a report. Later in February, 2017 he went absconding. He was later arrested in Lucknow.[8]
References
- ^ "From SP fringes to minister with Mulayam's ear". The Indian Express. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "SC Orders Filing Of FIR Against SP MLA Gayatri Prajapati". Timesnow.tv. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ The Daily Fix: CBI raids just after SP-BSP alliance raise further questions about its impartiality, Scroll.in, 7 January 2019.
- ^ CBI raids 12 places in UP, Delhi in connection with illegal sand mining, Newsonair.com, 6 Jan 2019.
- ^ IAS officer, legislator among 14 raided by CBI in UP, Delhi, HIndustan Times, 5 Jan 2019.
- ^ Illegal sand mining case: CBI conducts raids in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, India Today, 5 January 2019.
- ^ "U.P. Minister Gayatri Prajapati arrested on rape charge". The Hindu. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "sp-leader-gayatri-prajapati-arrested". HT.
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