Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Assam Congress leader Pranjit Choudhury, who is missing and reportedly on the run for more than three weeks after being booked for cheating, rape and forcible abortion.
Assam Police had earlier served two notices and conducted searches at Choudhury’s residences in Guwahati and Kamalpur to look for him.
A woman filed a police complaint against Choudhury — one of the general secretaries of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee — that he was sexually exploiting her after promising to marry her.
She also alleged that Choudhury had forced her to undergo an abortion before ditching her recently.
Police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code against Choudhury on charges of cheating, rape and forcible abortion.
Choudhury contested the just concluded assembly election from Kamalpur constituency. (IANS)
