Gayatri Prasad Prajapati was an Indian politician. He was convicted of rape, criminal conspiracy, and criminal intimidation. In 2021 he was sentenced to 5yr jail by Allahabad High court. He was a former cabinet minister in the government of

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and served as Minister of Transport. He also served as a mining minister.

Early life

Prajapati was born in a poor

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family from

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. He established Gayadai College there.

Allegations

On a complaint filed by activist and advocate

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, Prajapati was under the

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scanner for corruption in illegal mining. Later Nutan Thakur's husband ex

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officer and Present, Adhikar Sena alleged that ex

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threatened him for his wife's Lokayukta case against Prajapati. Nutan Thakur also registered a criminal case against Prajapati for framing her and her husband in a false rape case, which is presently under trial before a Lucknow Court. On 17 February 2017, the

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directed

police to lodge a complaint in connection with a rape case. He was arrested in

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on March 15, 2017 after an escape on February 27, 2017. In 2016

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charged him with allowing illegal mining in his capacity of mining minister in Shamli, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar, Deoria, Kaushambi and Saharanpur - in violation of rules and ban by the

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Rape

A woman from Chitrakoot, alleged that Prajapati had raped her three years previously. Prajapati reportedly took photos and continued to rape her for two years by threatening to leak the photos. He also falsely promised to give her an important position in

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. The victim later filed a complaint. However, the U.P. Police refused to file an FIR. The woman then approached

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, which directed the police to lodge a report. In February, 2017 he absconded, but was later arrested in Lucknow. On 12 Nov. 2021, he was sentenced to life by MP MLA court Lucknow.

References

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