BJP MP honey-trap case: Delhi court issues Non-bailable warrant against co-accused

The Tis Hazari court on Friday issued a non-bailable warrant against a suspected gangster from Uttar Pradesh, accused of helping a 40-year-old woman "honey-trap" a BJP lawmaker from Gujarat.

Special Judge Hemani Malhotra issued the warrant after the police informed the court that Ajay Pal Chauhan, co- accused in the case, was untraceable.

The 40-year old woman had allegedly filmed obscene videos of Valsad MP KC Patel after drugging him and had threatened to make them public if she was not paid Rs 7 crore.

The police said the woman, who was arrested on May 2, during interrogation made a mention of Chauhan, who hails from Ramala village in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district.

Chauhan's houses in Baghpat and in Indirapuram area in Ghaziabad were raided, but he could not be found. He is accused of being involved in the criminal conspiracy, said a senior police officer.

The court will next hear the case on June 9 and the police will urge the court to declare Chauhan a proclaimed offender, he said.

The woman and Chauhan have been friends for a decade. She used his name to threaten influential people and extort money, sources said.

The duo would spend the extorted money on vacations together. However, Chauhan's role in the matter will be clear only after he is arrested, said the officer.

The woman is at present in judicial custody.

She had also approached a Delhi court, claiming the police did not act on her rape complaint against the lawmaker.