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Jharkhand Congress MLA booked after minor alleges sexual assault

Headline via The Times of India · first report 13 Nov, 16:48 IST, latest 14 Nov, 13:02 IST

Hundru Falls, near Ranchi
Representational image · Hundru Falls, near Ranchi · RISHABH GAURAV / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

What we know

4 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Free Press Journal at 13 Nov, 16:48 IST; the latest is from The Hindu at 14 Nov, 13:02 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

StatusVerified
Reported by4 news organisations
First report13 Nov, 16:48 IST
Latest report14 Nov, 13:02 IST
DeskIndia

What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

In Ranchi, Congress MLA Bhushan Bara is confronted with serious sexual assault allegations involving a 14-year-old girl. The girl, who was allegedly taken to Bara's residence by relatives for educational purposes, underwent a medical examination following the…
The girl told reporters that she was brought to Ranchi by the MLA's family in May on the promise of being enrolled in a school, but was instead made to do domestic work at his official residence

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

About Jharkhand IndiaAsiaPolitics 13 Nov 2026

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