A former minister in Uttar Pradesh, Gayatri Prajapati, was arrested in the state capital, Lucknow, after accusations of involvement in a gang rape. This, after being on the run for a month, reports stated.

The police have registered a case against him and three others for allegedly gang-raping a woman and molesting her daughter, a minor, nearly three years ago. Though the minister has, of course, denied all allegations, a court has sent him into judicial custody for two weeks to allow the police to question him.