The MLA was arrested late last evening but still had the gall to issue threats. The rape-accused BSP MLA openly dared his opponents, saying he would deal with them once he was out. Asked how he felt about being arrested on charges of rape, Dwivedi said, "Once I am free I will take revenge for this," according to TV channel Times Now.
48-year-old Dwivedi, who represents Naraini seat in Uttar Pradesh Assembly, was on the run after orders for his arrest were issued in connection with the alleged criminal assault on the 17-year-old girl belonging to the backward community.
The legislator was arrested in Banda, about 220 kms from here, police sources said. "Ironically the MLA had been camping in Lucknow for the past two days meeting his BSP bosses while the state officials were making an announcement that he would be arrested soon, and went into hiding soon after that," Vivek Singh, Congress MLA, claimed in Banda.
Sources claimed the MLA was arrested from Augasi bridge and later brought to the Kotwali Dehat and would be produced in the court on Saturday.
Congress spokesman Subodh Srivastava alleged that Dwivedi was being shielded by the Mayawati government and it was only because of pressure from visits by delegations from Delhi, including the National Commission for Women, that the state government was forced to arrest the legislator.
The girl was allegedly raped on December 10-11 at the legislator's residence. She escaped from the MLA's house on December 12 when the MLA allegedly attempted rape for the third time and was arrested the same day on theft charges.
She told her brother about the incident when she was produced before the court on December 24 in connection with theft charges.
The court ordered immediate action after the girl levelled the rape charge before the court on January 10.
The MLA's two aides --Rajendra Shukla and Surendra Neta-- were arrested in Banda district yesterday after an FIR was issued against them and were remanded to judicial custody for 14 days by a Banda court. The third accused Ravan Garg is still absconding.
Yesterday, a case of rape was registered against the MLA, suspended by the party in the wake of the allegations, and his three aides in the case after the state CB-CID submitted its preliminary report in the case.
"On the directive of the chief minister, a case of rape has been registered against the MLA and his three aides," the cabinet secretary had said.
He, however, said the theft charge on which the girl was arrested was found to be true.
Dwivedi was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Tripti Choudhary before being sent to Banda district jail. He was also taken to the district hospital for medical examination.
Meanwhile, the MLA's counsel Ram Nath Dubey moved an application in court stating that the accused suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure and should be provided medicines and other medical care in jail.
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