Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh Police has arrested former YSRCP MLA J Sudhakar for repeatedly raping a minor girl over four years, an official said on Friday.

Former Kodumuru MLA Sudhakar, 50, was arrested on Thursday following a complaint by a 17-year-old girl, who gave 'video evidence' to the police.

"He (Sudhakar) raped the minor girl multiple times from the year 2019 to 2023 when she worked as a maid in his house," Kurnool sub-divisional police office Vijay Shekhar Reddy said.

Police arrested the former YSRCP MLA under sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Justice Code (BNS), including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act. He was also taken on remand.

According to the police, a video of the girl being molested had gone viral before the formation of the new TDP-led government in the state, but no one came forward to lodge a complaint against the then MLA.

However, on Thursday, the minor girl gathered courage and filed a complaint against Sudhakar, which came after the formation of the new government in Andhra Pradesh.

Incidentally, the girl and her parents worked as domestic servants in Sudhakar's house in Kurnool city.