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Rape Case Filed Against UP Ex-MLA
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|August 19, 2025
A 40-year-old woman has filed a rape complaint against former Uttar Pradesh Shiv Sena MLA Bhagwan Sharma at the Kempegowda International Airport police station on Sunday.
The complainant, said to be his live-in partner, alleged that Sharma forced her to engage in sexual activity against her will and threatened to kill her when she resisted.
The woman has reportedly been in a live-in relationship with Sharma since 2017, and the couple has an eight-year-old son. Police said they were living almost like a married couple, though their marriage was never legally registered.
This story is from the August 19, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bengaluru.
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