India, Oct. 18 -- Uttarakhand police has constituted a 10-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate women and child development minister Rekha Arya's allegations of forgery, caste-based harassment and conspiracy to murder her, against her husband Girdhari Lal Sahu, officers said.

Dehradun superintendent of police (rural) Jaya Baloni, SIT in charge, said, "We will record the minister's statement once she is discharged. We have also reached out to the accused on his mobile number, but it is switched off."

On Thursday, Arya-a BJP legislator from Someshwar in Almora-had filed a police complaint alleging that Sahu forged her signatures to remove her from official positions, subjected her to caste-based harassment, concealed a pr...