State legislator Gopi Nath Das
Reuters, 05/10 13:28 CET
By Biswajyoti Das
GUWAHATI, India (Thomson
Reuters Foundation) – A politician in northeastern India has been
arrested and charged with raping his 14-year-old maid, police said,
after a month-long investigation which triggered public protests by
students over the authorities’ lack of action.
Police in the tea- and oil-rich region of Assam said
state legislator Gopi Nath Das had gone into hiding in early September
after his maid accused him of raping her in his car.
“Gopi Nath Das has been arrested today,” Indrani Baruah,
Kamrup district superintendent of police, said late on Sunday, adding
that he was picked up near Guwahati, Assam’s main city, after a police
search which involved raids at three residences.
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