BJP MLA Pratap Lal Bheel booked for rape on pretext of marriage

A case has been registered against Rajasthan BJP MLA Pratap Lal Bheel in Udaipur on the complaint of a woman who has accused him of raping her on the pretext of marriage. Bheel is currently an MLA from Rajasthan's Gogunda. The woman, who hails from Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh, has accused BJP MLA Bheel of enticing her into physical relations with her by falsely promising marriage. The woman has claimed that, a few years ago, the BJP MLA had arrived in Neemuch to take part in a social programme and met her at that time.

In her complaint, the woman claimed that since then she and Bheel began meeting on several occasions and during which the BJP MLA had informed her about his failed marriage.She claimed that Bheel informed her about his unsatisfactory relationship with his wife.The woman claimed that she agreed to Bheel's repeated proposals for marriage on the condition that he gained approval from his family. The woman claimed that, on one occasion, Bheel asked her to visit him in Udaipur claiming that he had attained the approval of his family. He took her to a place where, despite her refusal, got into physical relation with her after telling her that the path to their marriage was clear. The woman, in her complaint, mentioned that later on, when she tried to approach Bheel over phone, a woman claiming to be his wife, asked her to stay away from her husband threatening dire consequences.