Six persons have been named in a FIR filed here, police said on Wednesday. Among them is a woman who indicated that her daughter is the child of BJP member of parliament for Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan Shukla.
After Preeti Shukla, the wife of Ravi Kishan, filed a complaint, the Hazratganj police station filed a formal report late on Tuesday night.
In addition to Aparna Thakur, other identities in the FIR include her husband Rajesh Soni, daughter Shenova Soni, son Sonak Soni, journalist Khurshid Khan, and leader of the Samajwadi Party Vivek Kumar Pandey.
According to police, the suspects have been charged with criminal intimidation under sections 504 (intentional insult), 195 (providing false evidence), 386 (extortion by intimidation), 388 (extortion by threat), and 120-B (conspiracy).
In the FIR, the spouse of the BJP MP also claimed that Aparna Soni, also known as Aparna Thakur, had intimidated her by claiming to have connections to the underworld. According to authorities, she allegedly demanded ₹20 crore as ransom and threatened to damage Ravi Kishan’s reputation by linking him to a fictitious rape case if her demand was not fulfilled.
According to the FIR, a complaint about this case was filed with the Mumbai Police; nevertheless, on April 15, Aparna gave a news conference in Lucknow during which she made untrue claims.
The others listed are allegedly also implicated in this, according to the FIR.
The Bhojpuri movie hero Ravi Kishan, who has been serving in Gorakhpur since the 2019 elections, has been renominated by the BJP to run in the upcoming LokSabha elections.
