Indian politician beaten by villagers after 'entering a woman's home and raping her at 2am'
Pictures have emerged of a leading
Indian politician being beaten by villagers after allegedly raping a
woman in her home at 2am.
Congressman for Assam's ruling party Congress, Bikram Singh Brahma, allegedly raped a woman at Santipura village in lower Assam's Chirang district before being caught by villagers today.
It
is another shocking sex crime against a woman in a country that is
trying to come to terms with the gang rape and death of a 23-year-old
student last week, for which six men currently face trial.
Member of Assam's ruling Congress party Bikram Singh Brahma is attacked following rape allegations
'People raised an alarm late last night after Congress leader Bikram Singh Brahma allegedly raped a woman,' Chirang Superintendent of Police Kumar Sanjeev Krishna told the Deccan Chronicle.
He is said to have been visiting the village of Santipur on the Bhutan border when he entered a woman's house and raped her.
Brahma,
who is the Baksa district Congress Committee chairman and Congress
coordinator of Bodoland Territorial Council, was then beaten up by men
and women who ripped his clothes off.
He was later handed over to the police who arrested him,Superintendent Krishna said.
Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi, said anyone found guilty of the heinous crime
'would not be spared, whether he is Congressman or not.'
Police said Brahma was visiting the village of
Santipur on the Bhutan border when he entered a woman's house and raped
her at 2am
In a sign that attitudes might be changing since
the rape of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi, who died of severe
internal injuries over the weekend, police have arrested Brahma
'It is the most condemnable act. Anyone
who commits rape or attempts it should be given stringent punishment,'
he said, adding his government has been strict in handling such cases
like the Guawahati molestation incident.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh said if Brahma is found guilty he will be expelled from the party.
Meanwhile,
a group of Indian men accused of gang raping a 23-year-old woman were
today kept away from court amid fears of mob violence.
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