NEW DELHI: The former women’s minister of the Indian capital -- who was sacked over a “sex tape” -- has now been arrested following a claim by a woman shown in the tape that he raped her, an investigator said on Sunday.

Sandeep Kumar was arrested on Saturday, days after he was dismissed as women’s and children’s minister of the region covering Delhi following the video leak to television channels which showed him kissing two women.

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