Arunachal: Police search on for rape-accused BJP legislator

Police in Arunachal Pradesh is searching for ruling BJP legislator Lokam Tassar, accused of raping a woman.

A district court in Arunachal Pradesh has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Tassar.

Police said that the district and sessions court in Yupia on Monday rejected bail plea of the Koloriang MLA, who is evading arrest since a case was registered against Tassar for allegedly raping a 24-years-old woman on July 4 at his residence in Itanagar.


A senior police officer who does not want to be named told ET, “Two residences of the MLA at Naharlagun and Itanagar were searched however we could not find him. Tassar did not vote during the Presidential polls on Monday.”

Chief Minister Pema Khandu had said,"The party (BJP) would take appropriate action against the MLA if the complaint against him is found true. The law will take its own course and none is above the law,” Khandu added.