Dehradun, Oct. 16 -- Uttarakhand police has registered a criminal complaint against the husband of State Cabinet minister Rekha Arya on latter's complaint for alleged threat to life, casteist abuse, beating and criminal conspiracy.

Arya lodged a formal compaint against her husband Girdhari Lal Sahu, after receiving an audio clip of his talking to a woman that went viral on social media.

The First Information Report registered at Dehradun Cantonment Police Station booked Sahu under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 323 (inflicting physical harm), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for cheating), 420 (cheating), 471 (use of forged documents,) 495 (bigamy concealing previous marriage), 498A (cruelty), 504 (intentional insult to provoke a breach ...