BJP MP in controversy over objectionable video, alleges honey trap

BJP MP K C Patel is in the eye of a storm after a court ordered Delhi Police to investigate allegations of rape against him but the Gujarat lawmaker insists he was "drugged and filmed" for money. Patel, an MP from Gujarat's Valsad, approached police last week claiming that he was drugged and filmed by a woman and her gang who later demanded Rs five crore from him for not making public the objectionable pictures and video.

The woman, however, approached the court seeking investigations claiming that police refused to register a case on her claims that the MP raped her in his official residence on 3 March when she went there on a dinner invitation. She also claimed she was sexually assaulted several times earlier. "These are all false allegations. I have full faith in law, I will cooperate with the investigation," Patel said.

The woman responded to Patel's remarks saying, the MP was trying to use his power to save himself. “He is making the allegations after I filed the complaint and court ordered investigations.” Patel landed in problem despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi warning his party MPs against sting operations and other means to trap them.

In his police complaint, Patel claimed that the woman had sough his help and took him to a Ghaziabad house where he was served soft drinks laced with sedatives and filmed. Delhi Police immediately registered a case of extortion after getting the complaint. Investigators said a special team has been formed to look into the case and the culprits would be arrested soon.

"We are investigating the case. We have been asked by the court to submit a report on May 12. By then we will crack the case and arrest whoever is on the wrong side," a senior police official said. Police is also looking into whether the woman is a serial blackmailer and verifying information that she had similarly trapped an MP last year also.

The modus operandi, sources suggested, is that the woman befriends MPs and click pictures in objectionable positions to threaten the MPs later. If they refuse to pay up, they said, she would threaten to lodge rape cases against them.