Gayatri Prajapati case: 3 more persons arrested

NEW DELHI: UP Police today arrested three more persons in connection to the high-profile rape case involving Samajwadi Party leader Gayatri Prajapati Of the three arrested, two are Prajapti's sons, and have been held for giving shelter to the accused. The arrests were made in Lucknow's Hazratganj area.With this, six persons named in the FIR against the 49-year-old SP leader have been picked up. Last week, a Special Task Force had nabbed two more accomplices from Noida in connection to this case.Prajapati, along with six others, was charged with allegedly gang-raping a woman and molesting her minor daughter in 2014.The SP minister has been on the run since an FIR was lodged against him in Fenruary this year. Police has issued a non-bailable warrant against Prajapati, and his passport has also been impounded to prevent him from fleeing the country.