Bhopal: A BJP leader was detained on Sunday night by Madhya Pradesh Police for allegedly trying to rape an acid survivor in a Bhopal hotel, police said on Monday.

 The state BJP soon after learning the development suspended the leader from the party. The saffron party’s state secretary Satyendra Bhushan Singh confirmed the development.

 “Rajendra Namdeo was detained on Sunday night and was questioned for alleged rape attempt on a acid victim survivor,” police said.

 The Madhya Pradesh government also issued an order to remove Namdeo from his current position as the vice president of the MP Silai Kadai Board.

The MP Police further added that the FIR under relevant IPC sections was registered against Namdeo on Sunday night for allegedly molesting and rape attempt on the woman on December 11 last year.

 The victim is a school teacher and came in contact with Namdeo after acid attack on her two years back.

 

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It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.

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