Sitapur: Congress MP Rakesh Rathore was arrested by the police from his residence on Thursday. This arrest took place when he was addressing a press conference. Rathore is accused of raping a woman and the High Court had rejected his bail plea. Kotwali Nagar Police arrested Rathore from his residence. At that time he was giving a statement to the press on the matter. In the middle of the press conference, the police reached there and took Rathore with them. Let us tell you that the High Court had rejected Rathore's anticipatory bail plea on Wednesday after hearing the arguments of the lawyers. According to the police, MP Rathore has been arrested under the judicial process and further legal action is being taken.

What did the lawyers argue in the court?

Let us tell you that before this, the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court had rejected the anticipatory bail plea of ​​​​Congress MP Rakesh Rathore, accused of rape, on Wednesday. The single member bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan gave this order after hearing the anticipatory bail petition filed by Congress MP from Sitapur, Rakesh Rathore. The advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner told the court that the complainant has filed this case after 4 years and his client has been falsely implicated in this case. The advocate appearing on behalf of the complainant argued that Congress MP Rakesh Rathore is a powerful leader, due to whose fear his client filed the case late.

Time was sought for surrender

Rathore's lawyer sought time from the court for surrender, on which the court asked the MP to surrender in the Sessions Court within two weeks. Rathore had earlier filed an anticipatory bail petition in the Sessions Court of Sitapur, which was rejected. The police had registered a case against Rathore on January 17 after a complaint by a woman. In her complaint to the police, the woman had alleged that Rathore had been sexually exploiting her for the last 4 years by luring her with marriage. As soon as Rathore appeared before the media after the rejection of his petition, the police arrested him.