Pramesh S Jain
The Kempegowda International Airport police on Sunday registered a case of sexual intercourse obtained through deceitful means against former Uttar Pradesh MLA,Bhagwan Sharma,following a complaint filed by a 40-year-old woman has filed an alleged rape .
The victim had been in a live-in relationship with Sharma since 2017,and the couple has a seven-year-old son.
Police said they were living almost like a married couple even though their marriage was not legally registered.
Senior officer said,Sharma,a former MLA from the Debai Assembly constituency in Bulandshahr district,had visited Bengaluru on August 14 for business purposes along with the victim and her minor son.The family travelled to multiple places during the trip.
On August 16,while returning from Chitradurga,they checked into a five-star hotel near Kempegowda International Airport,where Sharma allegedly forced his partner into sexual relations against her will and threatened to kill her when she resisted and left the hotel .
Based on her complaint,a case has been registered under Section 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means) and other section of the BNS, the officer said.
Preliminary probe revealed the couple had earlier approached a police station in Uttar Pradesh over a domestic dispute.
During questioning,the victim alleged that the MLA had promised to marry her but sexually assaulted her.“They also quarrelled during their stay in Bengaluru,”.Further investigations are on.
