The MLA was arrested late last evening but still had the gall to issue threats. The rape-accused BSP MLA openly dared his opponents, saying he would deal with them once he was out. Asked how he felt about being arrested on charges of rape, Dwivedi said, "Once I am free I will take revenge for this," according to TV channel Times Now.
48-year-old Dwivedi, who represents Naraini seat in Uttar Pradesh Assembly, was on the run after orders for his arrest were issued in connection with the alleged criminal assault on the 17-year-old girl belonging to the backward community.
The legislator was arrested in Banda, about 220 kms from here, police sources said. "Ironically the MLA had been camping in Lucknow for the past two days meeting his BSP bosses while the state officials were making an announcement that he would be arrested soon, and went into hiding soon after that," Vivek Singh, Congress MLA, claimed in Banda.
Sources claimed the MLA was arrested from Augasi bridge and later brought to the Kotwali Dehat and would be produced in the court on Saturday.
Congress spokesman Subodh Srivastava alleged that Dwivedi was being shielded by the Mayawati government and it was only because of pressure from visits by delegations from Delhi, including the National Commis [...]
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