Congress MP from Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, Rakesh Rathore being arrested on January 30, 2025. Photo: Screenshot from X/@ANI

Congress MP Rakesh Rathore was arrested from his residence in Sitapur in a rape case on Thursday (January 30, 2025), a day after the Allahabad High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea.

Mr. Rathore was addressing a press conference when Kotwali Nagar police reached his residence to take him into custody.

An FIR was lodged against Mr. Rathore on January 17 on a complaint by a woman who accused him of repeatedly raping her over four years after promising to marry her.

Authorities are continuing their probe into the matter.