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Assam: Junior Railway Minister Rajen Gohain booked in rape case

| @indiablooms | Aug 10, 2018, at 10:55 pm

Guwahati, Aug 10 (IBNS): Union Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Rajen Gohain has been allegedly booked for raping a 30-year-old married woman in central Assam’s Nagaon district.

Assam police has registered a case against the Junior Railway minister.

According to reports, the victim lady lodged a complaint against the MoS for Railways at Nagaon Sadar police station on Aug 2.

Nagaon police had registered a case under section 417, 376 and 506 of IPC after receiving the complaint.

The complaint stated that, the alleged incident took place seven to eight months ago and both Rajen Gohain and the lady knew each other for a long time.

The victim stated that, Gohain had committed the crime at her home while her husband and other family members were not present.

 

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)

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