BJP Neta Booked for Taking Photo of Woman Defecating in Open

The woman was defecating when the BJP division president Pradeep Bhatt allegedly clicked photos of her.

BJP Division President Pradeep Bhatt allegedly clicked photos of a woman defecating.

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A BJP leader has been booked for allegedly clicking a photo of a woman while she was relieving herself in the open, in Bajrang Garh village, MP, police said today.

The accused, identified as Pradeep Bhatt, was booked on Monday under various sections of the IPC for taking a photo of the woman, on Sunday, but still hasn’t been arrested.

Police have slapped Sections 354-C (punishment for watching, or captures the image of a woman engaging in a private act) and 294 of the IPC (obscene acts and songs) against Bhatt, the division president of the BJP, said Bajrang Garh police station in-charge, Hari Om.

The station in-charge has reiterated that the accused, Pradeep Bhatt, has not been arrested yet.

"We are probing the incident and will take action accordingly," Guna superintendent of police Nimesh Agrawal said.

In a tweet, Congress chief whip in the Lok Sabha and Guna MP Jyotiraditya Scindia termed the incident 'disgraceful'.

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