<p>BJP in-charge of party affairs in Uttarakhand Shyam Jaju on Friday said no one can be called a criminal until proven guilty.</p>.<p>Jaju was commenting on BJP MLA from Dwarahat Mahesh Singh Negi being accused of rape by a woman.</p>.<p>When asked by reporters whether or not the party will take action against the MLA, Jaju said action is not taken on the basis of charges.</p>.<p>"No one can be called a criminal until proven guilty of a crime. First let the result of the ongoing investigation come out," he said.</p>.<p>"Any action will depend on the outcome of the investigation,” he added.</p>.<p>A woman who claims to be the MLA's neighbour had filed a police complaint against him on Sunday last accusing him of raping her several times between 2016 and 2018 at Mussoorie, Nainital, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Nepal.</p>.<p>She had also alleged in her complaint that the MLA is the father of her three-month-old daughter, insisting on a DNA test of the child to bring out the truth.</p>.<p>The legislator's wife on the other hand has already registered a case against the woman at the Nehru colony police station, accusing her of blackmailing her husband.</p>.<p>Police have already launched a probe into the case. </p>
<p>BJP in-charge of party affairs in Uttarakhand Shyam Jaju on Friday said no one can be called a criminal until proven guilty.</p>.<p>Jaju was commenting on BJP MLA from Dwarahat Mahesh Singh Negi being accused of rape by a woman.</p>.<p>When asked by reporters whether or not the party will take action against the MLA, Jaju said action is not taken on the basis of charges.</p>.<p>"No one can be called a criminal until proven guilty of a crime. First let the result of the ongoing investigation come out," he said.</p>.<p>"Any action will depend on the outcome of the investigation,” he added.</p>.<p>A woman who claims to be the MLA's neighbour had filed a police complaint against him on Sunday last accusing him of raping her several times between 2016 and 2018 at Mussoorie, Nainital, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Nepal.</p>.<p>She had also alleged in her complaint that the MLA is the father of her three-month-old daughter, insisting on a DNA test of the child to bring out the truth.</p>.<p>The legislator's wife on the other hand has already registered a case against the woman at the Nehru colony police station, accusing her of blackmailing her husband.</p>.<p>Police have already launched a probe into the case. </p>