Gonda:Hours before Gonda went to polls on Sunday, Samajwadi Party candidate Assembly constituency, his brothers and supporters were booked for allegedly raping a woman and beating her up.
Police said they booked SP candidate Yogesh Pratap Singh and others on Saturday night after they allegedly barged into the residence of the woman, and assaulted her and her family members for supporting the BJP'. The woman was cooking at her house. Singh, his two brothers and supporters barged into her house and picked up a fight. When her family members resisted, they were beaten up. They also allegedly opened fired and snatched the woman's gold necklace, the police said citing the complaint.
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