Updated Feb 22, 2021 | 10:40 IST
The ruling party later in the evening issued a statement that the accused office-bearer had been removed from its primary membership.
She was abducted in a four-wheeler, forced to drink liquor in a farmhouse in Gadaghat area under Jaitpur police station limits. | Photo Credit: Times Now
Bhopal: A 20-year-old woman was gang-raped allegedly by four persons, including a BJP functionary, in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Sunday. The ruling party later in the evening issued a statement that the accused office-bearer had been removed from its primary membership.
She was abducted in a four-wheeler, forced to drink liquor in a farmhouse in Gadaghat area under Jaitpur police station limits and then gang-raped on February 18 and 19, said Shahdol Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mukesh Vaish. "On February 20, the four accused dumped her in front of her house. She filed a police complaint on Sunday. The victim was first taken to Jaitpur health centre and then shifted to the district hospital for treatment," he added.