Former district president of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Mahmood Khan has been arrested after a Hindu girl from the Jaisinghpur Kotwali area in the Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh accused him of rape, pressuring her to convert to Islam and blackmailing her. The victim says that Mahmood Khan befriended her by introducing himself as Sonu and sexually exploited her by gaining her trust.
As per reports, the victim said that about 15 months ago, Mahmood Khan befriended her by telling her his name as Sonu. On 20th August, she met the accused at the Collectorate, from where she was taken to a room in the city. There Mahmood Khan allegedly raped the woman and recorded a video of his crime. After this, the victim was pressured to convert to Islam for marriage by threatening to make the video viral.
The victim told the police that the Aam Aadmi Party leader forced her to eat meat and tried to convert her to Islam by calling other people. The victim suffered atrocities while being imprisoned in the accused AAP leader’s room. On the 25th of November 2024, she managed to escape Mahmood Khan’s captivity.
प्रकरण में थाना कोतवाली नगर में तहरीर के आधार पर सुसंगत धाराओं में अभियोग पंजीकृत कर लिया गया है । अभियुक्त को गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया है । आवश्यक वैधानिक कार्यवाही प्रचलित है ।
— SULTANPUR POLICE (@sultanpurpolice) January 6, 2025
On Sunday (5th January), the accused tried to call the victim again and when she refused, he beat her up and tried to make her drink intoxicating tea. On the victim’s complaint, Kotwali Nagar Police has arrested Mahmood Khan. Inspector-in-charge Naradmuni Singh said that a case has been registered against the accused under rape, blackmailing and religious conversion.