Gayatri Prasad Prajapati
Indian politician
Gayatri Prasad Prajapati is a former Indian politician belonging to the Samajwadi Party and a convicted criminal. He was convicted of rape, criminal conspiracy, and criminal intimidation.
In 2021, he was sentenced to a five-year prison sentence by the Allahabad High Court.
He was a former cabinet minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh and served as Minister of Transport. He also served as a mining minister.
Early life
Prajapati was born in a poor Kumhar family from Amethi. He established Gayadai College there.
Allegations
On a complaint filed by activist and advocate Nutan Thakur, Prajapati was under the Lokayukta scanner for corruption in illegal mining. Later Nutan Thakur's husband ex IPS officer and Present, Adhikar Sena alleged that ex Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav threatened him for his wife's Lokayukta case against Prajapati. Nutan Thakur also registered a criminal case against Prajapati for framing her and her husband in a false rape case, which is presently under trial before a Lucknow Court.
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