Guwahati, June 2 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has been arrested in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly forcing a 32-year-old woman from Assam into prostitution after she came to the city seeking employment, police officials said on Monday.

The woman, a resident of Guwahati, filed a complaint on June 1 at Gadha police station, accusing a hotel owner and his associate of coercing her into prostitution, physically abusing her, and withholding payment.

Suryakant Sharma, Additional Superintendent of Police for Jabalpur rural zone-3, told media that the accused hotel owner, Atul Chourasiya, a local BJP leader, was arrested based on the complaint. The other accused, Sheetal alias Mathura Dubey, remains at large.

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