Nothing Will Happen To Me: BJP Councillor's Husband To Woman He Raped

A BJP councillor's husband in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district has been accused of raping a woman at knifepoint, making a video of the act, and later threatening her with it to force her into repeated sexual relations. When the survivor confronted him on camera, saying she would post the video of their interaction on social media, the man brazenly said nothing would happen to him.

The man has been identified as Ashok Singh, the husband of a BJP councillor in the Rampur Baghelan Nagar Parishad. A video purportedly showing Singh abusing a police officer and threatening the survivor has been shared widely on social media, triggering outrage.