Accused of rape, Akali leader booked for abducting minor victim
Ludhiana, Oct. 7 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal Mullanpur Dakha constituency in-charge Jaskaran Singh Deol and three others were booked by police for allegedly abducting a 16-year-old rape complainant from a house in Birmi village on the eve of a hearing in Mohali court, where the Akali leader himself is an accused.
The hearing was scheduled for Tuesday. The police have arrested Deol's aides, including Avtar Singh and Davinder Singh. The accused were produced before the court and remanded in two-day custody for questioning. Deol has not been arrested and is reportedly on the run.
Punjab Agricultural University police station SHO inspector Amritpal Singh said a case had been registered under Sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 140(3) (kidnapping) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. "The police have arrested two accused, while a hunt is on for the remaining accused," he said.
Deol was arrested earlier this year after an FIR was registered at Mataur police station in Mohali on a complaint by the victim, who alleged rape and sexual harassment. Deol was produced before the court on May 18. Subsequently, the Mohali court declared his arrest illegal and ordered his immediate release, observing that informing an accused about the grounds of arrest is a mandatory legal requirement.
According to the fresh FIR registered on the complaint victim's maternal cousin, Sehajpreet Singh, a resident of Mandi Gobindgarh, the girl's mother, Harmandeep Kaur, along with Avtar and Davinder, reached the house on the night of October 5 in a vehicle.
The complainant alleged that Deol was also present outside the village.
The girl had been living with her maternal uncle for the past five to six months. The FIR states that she had earlier lived with her mother and Deol in Mohali.
The complainant alleged that the girl told him that the accused were trying to forcibly take her away and had assaulted her. On his advice, the girl locked herself inside a room and called the police control room....
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