Three more cases of sodomy against ex-official surface in Jalaun

Jhansi: A day after a retired kanungo and former BJP city vice-president in Kotch, Jalaun was sent to jail for sodomy, his involvement in three more cases came to light on Thursday during investigation. Police suspect more cases to surface during scrutiny of the hard disc, laptop and DVR seized from his house during a raid. The accused is also said to be involved in running gambling and betting den at his house, police said.
Police had arrested the accused, Ram Behari Rathore, a retired kanungo from his house in Kotch area of Jalaun district on Tuesday night after parents of two minor boys lodged a complaint of sodomy against him.Rathore was also the BJP city vice-president of Kotch before he relinquished the post in December last, informed the party city president in his statement to the media.
Rathore was sent to jail on Thursday after a case was lodged against him under sections 328, 377, 506 IPC , section 3/4 of POCSO Act and section 6/7 of IT Act.
SP Jalaun Yashveer Singh, who visited his place on Thursday, had to face the rage of parents and kin of the victim who demanded hanging of the accused. As per the statement released by the SP, police have found some explicit clips during initial scrutiny while detailed analysis is being done by the cyber cell.
The SP said three more similar cases have surfaced, taking the total number to five so far while many more are feared to surface.
The matter came to light when on January 9, Rathore lodged a named complaint to police against one of the minor victims, claiming that the boy had stolen a digital video recorder DVR from his house. During police investigation, the minor boy told the police that he had deliberately taken the device to hand it over to the police and reveal the shameful activities of Rathore.
“Rathore has been indulging in similar activities since 2017 apart from being also involved in running gambling den in his home. In total, five cases of sodomy have surfaced so far for which we have already lodged a case against him. Irrespective of his political or social status, we will take appropriate action against him based on detailed investigations,” SP Jalaun said.
BJP Jalaun district president, Ramendra Singh Bana, said, “After I came to know about Rathore’s misdeeds on Wednesday, I immediately got him out of the party though I was also informed by the city president that he had given his resignation a month earlier.”
The case is similar to that of a junior engineer of UP irrigation department in Chitrakoot who was arrested by CBI in November last for sodomising dozens of minors and selling their explicit videos on dark sites.