Gayatri Prajapati moves SC, seeks recall of order to lodge FIR

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader and UP minister Gayatri Prajapati today moved the Supreme Court for recall of its order for lodging an FIR against him in cases of alleged gangrape and attempt to rape a woman and her daughter.

Prajapati, whose involvement in these cases has been used by political opponents in electioneering in the poll-bound state, has cried foul alleging that it was a “politically motivated” case as the complainant was affiliated to the BJP.

Seeking a stay on his impending arrest, he claimed that the state Government had not put the actual facts in the right perspective before the apex court and false allegations were levelled against him.

On February 17, the apex court had directed the UP Police to lodge an FIR against Prajapati and asked it to inquire and file an action taken report regarding the incidents in eight weeks in a sealed cover. (AGENCIES)