NCP MLA Laxmanrao Dhobale booked on rape charge

September 13, 2014 12:33

NCP MLA Laxmanrao Dhobale has been booked on a rape charge after a 42-year-old woman accused him of repeatedly sexually abusing her, police said today.

The legislator from Solapur has been booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causinghurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) by the Borivali police, said Deputy Police Commissioner Balsingh Rajput.

The victim, who works in a college with which Dhobale has a close association, approached the police yesterday with a complaint, the DCP said.

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