Delhi cops to grill ex-Guj MLA about rape case

Ahmedabad | Monday | 12th November, 2018

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AHMEDABAD: A Delhi police team is camping in the city in connection with a case of rape lodged against Chhabil Patel, a former Congress MLA who is presently in the Kutch BJP. Sources said a senior police officer is camping in the city to question the MLA, who has a house on Science City Road in Sola . City police says they were not contacted by Delhi police for any sort of help. Sources said Patel is being questioned.Terming the allegations a conspiracy to defame him, Patel had rubbished the charges and said that he has not even met the woman.Neither the Delhi cops or the MLA could be reached for comment. Police sources said a Delhi-based widow lodged a complaint of rape against Patel, alleging that Patel allegedly raped her, after gaining her trust by promising to give her work with an NGO.The woman also alleged that Patel had taken her compromising photographs of her..