Telangana Congress leader booked for raping party worker on pretext of marriage
India Today
Hyderabad police have filed a case against Telangana Congress leader Khumbam Shivakumar Reddy for raping a party worker. The woman alleged that the Congress chief raped her and also clicked her pictures and threatened to post them on the internet.
Narayanpet District Congress chief Khumbam Shivakumar Reddy was booked by Punjagutta police in Hyderabad on charges of raping a woman on the pretext of marriage. The woman in her complaint stated that Shivakumar Reddy spiked her drink, raped her at a hotel in the city and also recorded the act to blackmail her.
The woman in her police complaint said that she was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and was deputed to campaign and coordinate the Municipal Elections in 2020.
"I was allotted Narayanpet region and thus, I went to Narayanpet for the said purpose. Upon reaching Narayanpet, I met the District Congress Committee President, Khumbam Shivakumar Reddy, where he tried to get close to me. He often messaged her at ungodly hours. Finally, on one occasion, Shiva expressed his intention to marry her," the woman said.
When she questioned him about his existing marriage, the Congress president replied that his wife was critically ill and would not survive beyond three years and so he needed a woman who could take care of him.
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According to police, during their stay in Dubbaka district, Shivakumar Reddy came to the woman's room in an inebriated state and started pressuring her to have intercourse with him. When she refused to accept his proposal, he physically assaulted her, the complaint read.
Khumbam Shivakumar Reddy also tied a yellow thread signifying that they were married as per Hindu rituals. Later on, he called her to a reputed hotel for some discussion and the woman accepted his request and went there. Reddy allegedly spiked her drink with some pills and raped her.
