Assam MLA booked for raping a 14-year-old girl

The Assam police, on 7 September, said that an FIR has been filed against AIUDF MLA Gopinath Das who is accused of raping his 14-year-old domestic help.

Reportedly, the girl had filed a complaint on 29 August with Mandira outpost, under Boko police station alleging that the MLA had raped her inside his car.

The complaint was last night transferred to the Boko police station where it was registered with case number 514/2015 under Section 343 IPC read with Section 4/8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, the official said.

Police Superintendent of Kamprup district Indrani Barua told PTI that a case had been registered against the MLA and law would take its own course.

Gopinath Das, elected from Boko Assembly constituency, dismissed the girl's charges and said that it was a "conspiracy against me and is 100 per cent false. If a case has been filed then investigations will prove that the allegations are false".

Das claimed that the girl had a few days ago fled from his house after taking her belongings with her.

Meanwhile, local people, women's organisations, All Assam Students Union, All Rabha Students Union, All Assam Koch Rajbanshi Students Union members demonstrated in front of Boko Police Station against the MLA demanding his arrest and punishment.

-PTI