LJP MP Prince Raj booked for rape, moves Anticipatory Bail

Delhi Police on Tuesday lodged an FIR against Lok Janshakti Party MP Prince Raj in connection with the rape case filed at the Connaught place police station. Police lodged the FIR on directions from a Delhi court. The complainant had filed a case against the LJP MP from Bihar's Samastipur, four months ago.

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Tuesday lodged an FIR against Lok Janshakti Party MP Prince Raj in connection with the rape case filed at the Connaught place police station. Police lodged the FIR on directions from a Delhi court. The complainant had filed a case against the LJP MP from Bihar's Samastipur, four months ago. The FIR also named LJP leader Chirag Paswan, for having allegedly conspired in delaying action against his cousin Raj. Fearing arrest, Raj has filed an anticipatory bail application before a court in Delhi.

A woman had lodged a complaint against Prince Raj in an alleged rape case with Connaught Place Police in New Delhi. Prince Raj is the son of Chirag's late uncle Ramchandra Paswan. The woman had alleged that Prince sexually assaulted her when she became unconscious after having consumed a drink that was spiked. Though a police investigation into the case was launched, no FIR was registered then.

Earlier, Raj in an FIR dated February 10, 2021, had alleged that the woman honey-trapped him and demanded a sum of Rs 1 crore. "Under fear of being defamed in public I gave them a total amount of Rs 2 lakh. However, they kept on blackmailing me in order to extort more money," the LJP MP had added.

Subsequently, the woman who had applied for anticipatory bail in the case was later granted bail by a Delhi court.

It was after the victim filed a petition in the court did the court on September 9 pass an order for the registration of an FIR against Prince Raj and his cousin Chirag Paswan. It is in this context that the police have currently registered an FIR.

The victim in her complaint had mentioned that she had met Prince Paswan about a year ago at the party office. After that, they began seeing each other and during one such meeting, her drink was spiked. It was then that she fell unconscious, and was raped, the woman mentioned. She also alleged that the MP was having a relationship with her by repeatedly threatening her of leaking her obscene videos.