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Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus
A former minister in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested after accusations of involvement in a gang rape.
Gayatri Prajapati was arrested in the state capital, Lucknow, on Wednesday after being on the run for a month.
Police have registered a case against him and three others for allegedly gang-raping a woman and molesting her daughter, a minor, in 2014.
Mr Prajapati has denied all the allegations.
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A court has sent him into judicial custody for two weeks to allow police to question him.
The allegations were made against him 2014, but police registered a case only last month after protests from opposition parties and activists.
The former minister lost his seat in the recently concluded state assembly elections. His Samajwadi Party also suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.
Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus.
However, brutal sexual attacks against women and children continue to be reported across the country.
AFP
Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus
A former minister in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested after accusations of involvement in a gang rape.
Gayatri Prajapati was arrested in the state capital, Lucknow, on Wednesday after being on the run for a month.
Police have registered a case against him and three others for allegedly gang-raping a woman and molesting her daughter, a minor, in 2014.
Mr Prajapati has denied all the allegations.
Decisive victory in key state for Modi
The Indian election no-one can afford to lose
A court has sent him into judicial custody for two weeks to allow police to question him.
The allegations were made against him 2014, but police registered a case only last month after protests from opposition parties and activists.
The former minister lost his seat in the recently concluded state assembly elections. His Samajwadi Party also suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.
Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus.
However, brutal sexual attacks against women and children continue to be reported across the country.