Homicide: Former Bjp Neta Held At Nepal Border For Homicide | Lucknow Information

LUCKNOW: Maharajganj police on Sunday arrested Masoom Raza Rahi (51), a former district president of the BJP’s Minority Morcha, in reference to the alleged homicide of his 55-year-old tenant. The arrest got here after the sufferer’s 23-year-old daughter informed police that she was provided Rs 9 lakh to offer a beneficial assertion for the accused in courtroom.
Maharajganj superintendent of police Kaustubh mentioned that Rahi was arrested from close to the India-Nepal Sunauli border whereas making an attempt to flee the nation.
“Based mostly on the lady’s assertion, Rahi was despatched to judicial custody beneath the fees of homicide, outraging modesty, home trespass, and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The girl had additionally alleged that she was provided Rs 9 lakh to retract her assertion ,” the officer mentioned.
The case started on September 5, when the lady mentioned that her landlord had murdered her father. She had additional alleged within the FIR that on August 28, the BJP chief had raped her and when her father protested, the accused thrashed him. However in her assertion earlier than the Justice of the Peace the lady had retracted all her earlier claims.