Bihar: BJP MLA, his wife and relative booked in girl's kidnapping case

PATNA: BJP MLA Vinay Bihari has been booked for allegedly kidnapping a 25-year-old girl student. His wife Chanchala and brother-in-law's son Rajiv Singh are also named accused in the FIR registered at Agamkuan police station in Patna on Sunday by the victim's mother.
The complainant alleged that the accused kidnapped her daughter as part of a conspiracy.The FIR (27/2022) was lodged under Sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) and 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her for marriage) of the IPC.
Agamkuan SHO Abhijeet Kumar said the FIR has been lodged against the Lauria MLA, his wife and his brother-in-law's son. "The police have been investigating the case based on the allegations levelled by Rekha Kumari, the girl's mother. She has alleged that her daughter had gone to the college to take examination on February 9 at 9am but did not return home till 3pm. When she tried to contact her daughter on cellphone, it was switched off," he told TOI on Sunday.
According to Rekha, a message came on her mobile phone from her daughter's number on Wednesday afternoon with a number to contact the person to know the whereabouts of her daughter. She alleged that when she called the number. it turned out to be that of the MLA, who asked her to call after an hour. When she called again, the MLA told her that the girl was fine and with his nephew Rajiv, Rekha alleged. She also said the MLA threatened her and asked to fee free to lodge a complaint wherever she wanted to.
The police said Rekha, a resident of Bhootnath Road, alleged that she also went to Rajiv's residence in Mahatma Gandhi Nagar, where his parents told that only Vinay and his wife could tell anything about her daughter.
Meanwhile, Vinay said he has nothing to do with the elopement of the girl with his nephew. "It is just a political conspiracy to defame me. The girl called on my number in 2019 that she loves my nephew Rajiv and would commit suicide if his family marry him to someone else. It is a love affair. The complaint should be lodged against the boy and his family members. I don't know why the girl's mother dragged my name into this controversy," he said.