“We have five MLAs backing us, so nothing will happen,” says a male voice in an audio clip that’s been doing the rounds on social media lately. The man in the audio clip also talks about his assistant, Rajesh Gohil, who was released after 10 days.

According to officials investigating the case filed at Vadodara’s Nandesari police station, the voice belongs to Akash Gohil, the Bharatiya Janata Party worker accused of rape and attempted murder.

The rape survivor’s complaint states that Gohil broke into her house on the night of September 22, raped her, and then threatened to murder her if she disclosed the incident. 

She also said that he deleted WhatsApp chats from her phone.   

According to Nandesari’s Police Inspector (PI) Swapnil Pandya, police teams are following “significant” leads that will “soon lead to the arrest of the accused”, who is on the run. 

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