BJP leader arrested for raping secretary of NGO run by him

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Baban Yadav, in Patna has been arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of the secretary of an NGO ran by him, police said.

An FIR lodged by the secretary of Buddha Society Seva Foundation, an NGO which he ran, under sections relating to assault and rape, Following which he was arrested late on Tuesday after Station House Officer of Digha police station S N Singh.

Baban Yadav, a small-time Bhojpuri movie actor had joined the BJP recently. Meanwhile, BJP state vice-president Devesh Kumar issued a statement declaring Yadav’s expulsion from the party.