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The Congress connected Saturday expelled a councillor of the Palakkad municipality from the enactment pursuing a intersexual battle ailment against him.
Palakkad District Congress Committee (DCC) president A. Thankappan said that Prashob C. Valsan, a councillor from the 24th division, was removed from the enactment aft reports of the incidental surfaced.
“We came to cognize astir the incidental done media reports. Soon after, we expelled him from the party,” Mr. Thankappan told reporters.
On his continuation arsenic a councillor, Mr. Thankappan said the enactment has nary authorization to enactment connected that front.
“He whitethorn resign from the councillor station connected motivation grounds, but that is his decision. The enactment is besides conducting an interior inquiry. We did not person immoderate ceremonial complaint, but inactive decided to region him,” helium said.
The DCC president besides asserted that the incidental would not impact the party’s prospects successful the upcoming elections, stating that Prashob was not a salient leader.
The constabulary registered a lawsuit connected Saturday aft signaling the woman’s statement.
The lawsuit was registered astatine Palakkad South Police Station nether assorted sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The constabulary said Valsan is presently absconding, and efforts are nether mode to hint him.
The woman, who belongs to a Scheduled Tribe community, has alleged that the councillor sexually assaulted her aggregate times connected the committedness of arranging a unchangeable occupation and aboriginal pressured her to terminate the pregnancy.
She has lodged complaints with the constabulary and the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
The BJP and the ruling LDF person criticised the Congress implicit the issue, alleging that Prashob is simply a adjacent adjutant of sitting MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who they assertion has faced intersexual battle cases and was arrested earlier.
Congress campaigner and histrion Ramesh Pisharody said the pistillate who accused a erstwhile enactment councillor of intersexual battle should get justice.
Mr. Pisharody added that what happened to the pistillate was incorrect and regrettable, and that the accused should beryllium punished.
