Rajasthan Congress MLA's son arrested in gang-rape case

A Rajasthan Congress MLA's son was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a minor girl, police said.

Deepak alias Dilip Meena, the son of Congress legislator from the Rajgarh assembly constituency Johari Lal Meena, is one of the three accused in the gang-rape of the 15-year-old girl in February 2021, the police said.

The two other accused had been arrested earlier.

The MLA's son was arrested on the directions of a special court hearing cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The court sent him to judicial custody till January 13, Mahua police station SHO Jitendra Solanki said.

The gang-rape case was lodged at Mandawar police station in Dausa district in March 2022, he said.

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