2 brothers of u'khand Cong MLA 'threaten' lineman; booked
Dehradun, Oct. 26 -- A first information report (FIR) has been registered in Dehradun against two brothers of senior Congress leader and six-time MLA Pritam Singh from Chakrata in Uttarakhand for allegedly threatening an electricity department lineman to force his daughters into joining the party, police said on Sunday.
HT reached out to Singh but did not receive a response.
The police action followed after chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami spoke to the lineman's daughter, Diksha, on Saturday over the phone and directed senior SP Pramendra Dobhal to take strict action in the matter. Kuldeep Singh, SHO at Tyuni police station, said, "We have booked former Zila Panchayat chairman Chaman Singh Chauhan and Rajpal Singh and a probe into the matter is underway," he said.htc...
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