An FIR has been registered against former BJP MLA Narendra Pawar and a dismissed police constable in the district for allegedly gangraping a 22-year-old woman after holding her captive at gunpoint, police said on Thursday.
Narendra Pawar, former Kalyan West legislator, termed the allegations as false and politically motivated, and announced that he was resigning from his party posts.
Pawar, former Kalyan West legislator, termed the allegations as false and politically motivated, and announced that he was resigning from his party posts. “The woman was facing some trouble in her marriage. Pawar allegedly invited her to his office by offering to mediate. “Hearing her account was horrifying. He also shared his letter to Maharashtra BJP president Ravindra Chavan, which stated that he was resigning from all his posts to protect the party’s image.
On September 13, Pawar and Patil took her to the Bapgaon farmhouse, allegedly threatened her with a firearm, coerced her to drink alcohol, and sexually assaulted her,” the official said.
After reviewing the video and chat evidence, we immediately took her to the Padgha police station,” said Kulkarni. Following intervention by Maharashtra Director General of Police Sadanand Date, Padgha police station’s senior inspector Pankaj Giri verified the details and registered a First Information Report against Pawar and Patil under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for alleged gangrape, brandishing weapons and other offences, the official said. Efforts were on to trace the accused, Inspector Giri said.
