An Indian political party leader was arrested on Wednesday, about a week after a video of him kissing a woman in a bus in Maharashtra went viral.

According to a report in NDTV, BJP leader Ravindra Bawanthade was arrested on charges of rape. The woman in the video had accused the BJP leader of raping her in the bus.

The leader, Ravindra Bavanthade from the Gadchiroli district was caught on the CCTV footage of a private bus while kissing a woman. Later, the woman had approached the Gadichiroli police accusing Bavanthade of raping her, reports deccanchronicle.com.

On June 27, the accused was travelling from Nagpur to Nagbhid in a private bus with the said woman where he was caught on the CCTV footage while kissing her. The video of the CCTV footage later went viral on the messaging application, WhatsApp, after which, the woman approached the police station and filed a complaint against Bavanthade.

The woman has alleged that Bavanthade had assured her that he would marry her and had also promised her of a job before establishing a relationship with her.

Police said Ravindra had claimed that he was trying to attend the woman as she was not feeling well.

The BJP leader has been sent to police custody till July 6.