Summary:
Surat: Nine days after a 21-year-old woman submitted an application alleging that she was raped by BJP leader Jayanti Bhanushali, the Sarthana police on Thursday booked the former MLA for rape, kidnapping and other charges. On April 24, a person from the BJP leader’s office allegedly came to her house and forced her to sign on a blank paper. When police called the woman to register her statement, she was not found at her residence. He has been booked for rape, kidnapping and other sections.”The investigation in the case has been handed over to Leena Patil, deputy commissioner of police, zone IV. Police had to forcibly take control of the car in which the rape survivor was sitting in a burkha and a cop drove it to the DCB office..