Gujarat BJP MP convicted of rape after High Court intervention |

Gandhinagar: An FIR for rape and criminal intimidation has been registered against a BJP MP Since Gujarat Saturday following the instructions of Gujarat High Court.
The accused, Gajendrasinh Parmarformer state minister, has also been booked under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as the victim is a Dalit, the FIR said.
The alleged incident occurred in July 2020.
The case was registered at Sector 21 police station in Gandhinagar under sections 376 (punishment for rape) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, days after the HC questioned the police for not not having registered an FIR on the victim’s complaint against the MLA, who represents Prantij assembly seat in Sabarkantha district.
The complainant said that Parmar called her to the MLA’s quarters in Gandhinagar on July 30, 2020 and established physical relations with her on the pretext of marrying her.
She claimed in the FIR that the MLA later started ignoring her phone calls. After answering his call once, he used casteist remarks and threatened to harass and get the woman kidnapped if she spoke about their relationship, the FIR said.
In 2021, the woman filed a special criminal petition in the High Court, requesting that the police be asked to register an FIR.