Ludhiana Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Harsimranjit Singh on Wednesday ordered registration of an FIR in opposition to Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) MLA Simarjit Singh Bains in an alleged rape case.
“…In view of the intense allegations leveled within the grievance, it turns into crucial {that a} correct and thorough investigation ought to be carried out by the native police in respect of forcible rape, sexual assault, destruction of proof and prison intimidation. In view of the above, SHO, Police Division No. 6 is directed to deal with the grievance/utility of the complainant as first data report and register a prison case with none delay and examine it…’
A 44-year-old girl MLA from Ludhiana has been protesting for months in opposition to Bains’ alleged rape declare. The girl had reached Chandigarh on March 2 and staged a sit-in outdoors Punjab Bhawan through the price range session demanding motion in opposition to the MLA.
The girl has alleged that the Ludhiana Police has didn’t take any motion on her grievance in opposition to MLA Bains for the previous few months. He additionally alleged that he was receiving threats from the MLA, including that he had additionally lodged a grievance with the Ludhiana Police Commissioner in November final yr, however no FIR was registered.
The girl’s lawyer Harish Rai Dhanda submitted that the Ludhiana police, ignoring all of the instructions of the apex courtroom, has delayed the registration of the FIR within the case regardless of wandering from door to door for the justice of the girl. “The police had to register an FIR within 24 hours of receiving the complaint and investigate the matter. It’s been over six months and they haven’t done anything. As per the court order, the police will now have to register an FIR,” Dhanda stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
