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'Conspiracy to trap me': BJP MLA from MP alleges rivals 'sending women to frame him in rape cases'

Pritam Lodhi alleged that his rivals do not come to him directly, but instead send women to the Dak Bungalow in Pichhore.

Updated on: Aug 22, 2026, 20:17:50 IST
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BJP MLA from Pichhore in Shivpuri district, Pritam Lodhi, has levelled serious allegations against his political rivals, claiming that they are trying to frame him in a rape case by sending women to him.

BJP MLA from Pichhore in Shivpuri district, Pritam Lodhi, has levelled serious allegations against his political rivals, claiming that they are trying to frame him in a rape case by sending women to him.
BJP MLA from Pichhore in Shivpuri district, Pritam Lodhi, has levelled serious allegations against his political rivals, claiming that they are trying to frame him in a rape case by sending women to him.

Lodhi said, “The conspiracy works in a pattern. First, women are made to pick an argument with him. Then, the conversation or the dispute is recorded on a mobile phone. The same video is used against him to get a case registered under Section 376.”

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Argument recorded on phone is a pattern: Lodhi

Lodhi alleged that his rivals do not come to him directly, but instead send women to the Dak Bungalow in Pichhore. He claimed that these women are instigated to argue with him or to say such things that provoke a reaction from him, so that later the same conversation can be used against him.

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Suspicious of a conspiracy: Lodhi

He said that the behaviour of some women who come to him makes him suspicious of a conspiracy.

He claimed that women are being sent with the intention of misleading him and trapping him and later levelling false allegations of rape to get a case registered under Section 376.

Pritam Lodhi also alleged that his opponents are trying to frame his son also by adopting the same strategy. “I advised my son to remain vigilant in such matters. A woman who had come to the Dak Bungalow had herself allegedly informed him about this conspiracy,” he added.

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar

I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.

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