Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 6 (ANI): A Varanasi court on Saturday acquitted jailed Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Atul Rai, who was accused of rape.

Varanasi Oct 23 PTI Bahujan Samaj Party MP Atul Rai was on Saturday booked under the Gangster Act according to police Police said Rai has several criminal cases registered against himself The case has been registered at the Lanka police station Police Commissioner A Satish Ganesh said soon properties acquired by him from criminal activities will be confiscated PTI COR RDK

New Delhi Aug 24 PTI A 24-year-old woman who had set herself on fire along with a man outside the Supreme Court here died on Tuesday police saidThe body was handed over to her family after post-mortem following which they cremated her at the Nigambodh Ghat here they saidThe woman had suffered 85 per cent burns in the incident on August 16 The man 27 had suffered 65 per cent burns and succumbed to injuries on Saturday Both were admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital police saidDeputy Commissioner of Police New Delhi Deepak Yadav said The woman succumbed to injuries during the course of treatment on Tuesday Following the incident police had registered a case under Section 309 attempt to commit suicide of the Indian Penal Code They suspected that the man had convinced the woman to take the extreme stepPolice said she was from Uttar Pradeshs Ghazipur and was allegedly raped by Bahujan Samaj Party MP Atul Rai in 2019The MP has been in judicial custody in the case for the last two years police saidAccording to police before attempting suicide the woman together with her associate had recorded a Facebook Live video in which she disclosed her identity and claimed that she had filed the rape case against Rai in 2019She had alleged that some senior Uttar Pradesh police officers were supporting the accusedEarlier a senior police officer had said that the man and the woman took the extreme step as a court had issued a non-bailable warrant against them in a case of forgery for allegedly submitting wrong proof of age in the rape caseIn her Facebook video the woman had mentioned the warrant and that she had been summoned by the judge police saidAccording to police in March the woman had filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking transfer of her rape case from Allahabad to Delhi for a fair trial and claimed that she faced a threat to her life Later in August a local court in Varanasi issued a non-bailable warrant against her in the forgery case based on a complaint filed by Rais brother they said Following the suicide attempt two Varanasi policemen including Varanasi Cantt SHO Rakesh Singh and investigation officer Girija Shankar probing the case of forgery against the rape victim were suspended and an inquiry was initiated into the matter police had saidPTI AMP ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The National Commission for Women has sought an action taken report from the police on an incident in which a woman and man allegedly set themselves on fire outside the Supreme Court after she had lodged a rape case against MP Atul Rai, but the police reportedly issued a non-bailable warrant against her.