Delhi Court Summons BJP Leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain In Rape Case
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The police had filed a report in the court and sought cancellation of the FIR.
A Delhi court on Wednesday summoned BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on a woman's complaint alleging rape and criminal intimidation. The court took cognisance of the alleged offence and directed the former Union minister to appear before it on October 20.
"This court, after going through the cancellation report, protest petition filed by the complainant, the reply to the protest petition filed by the IO and other material on record is of the view that the complainant has given consistent statements to the police, to the court in her application and before the Ld. Magistrate in her statement u/s 164 Cr.PC," the judge said.
The police had filed a report before the court seeking cancellation of the FIR.
