New Delhi: The Delhi Police have lodged an FIR against Prince Raj Paswan for allegedly raping a girl. Raj happens to be the cousin of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Chirag Paswan who fell out with him after the death of the latter’s father and LJP Founder Ram Vilas Paswan. Prince has allied with the dissident group of LJP which parted ways with Chirag.
According to India Today, the girl had filed a complaint about three months ago with the Connaught Place police station, and “subsequently, the Delhi Police filed an FIR on September 9 against Prince Raj Paswan on directions of a Delhi court.”
The complainant, an LJP worker has alleged she was unconscious when she was molested.
Meanwhile, Prince Raj had also lodged an FIR against the complainant for “defamatory statements.” “I categorically deny any such claim or assertion that has been made against me. All such claims are blatantly false, fabricated, and are part of a larger criminal conspiracy to pressurise me professionally, and personally by threatening my reputation,” Prince Raj tweeted.