Rape case: Jaipur court issues notice to Union Minister Nihalchand

Jaipur: A Jaipur court on Thursday issued notice to union minister Nihalchand Meghwal and 16 others in a 2011 rape case. [caption id=“attachment_1568701” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Jaipur court issued notice to MP Nihalchand in 2011 rape case. PIB[/caption] The court of additional district judge, Jaipur while issuing the notice to the union minister and others, has asked them to clarify their stand in the case by 20 August. Meghwal is the minister of state in the union ministry of chemicals and fertilizers. In 2011, a woman had filed a first information report in Vaishali Nagar police station in Jaipur of sexual exploitation by Meghwal and 16 others, including her husband. After investigation, the police closed the case in 2012 as it found the charges to be false and fabricated. Later on 28 January, 2013, the woman challenged the police closure report in the court which Thursday issued notices to all 17, asking them to respond by 20 August. IANS