FIR registered against Uttarakhand BJP MLA for assaulting dalit woman
A viral video of Uttarakhand BJP MLA Rajkumar Thukral has created a stir after the contents of the video show him allegedly assaulting a dalit woman.
According to The Indian Express, an FIR was registered against the BJP MLA from Rudrapur for allegedly thrashing and abusing three Dalit women outside his residence. The incident took place on Saturday.
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According to the complaint, the incident took place on March 9 when Thukral called a “Panchayat” at his residence in Rudrapur, in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district, to sort out an issue between two families. A minor boy from one family had allegedly absconded with a minor girl from the other family. An FIR was filed in Rudrapur police station after the minor boy’s father Ram Kishore alleged that Thukral abused and thrashed him, his wife Mala, and daughters Pooja and Sonam.
The FIR was registered under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentionally insulting) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Udham Singh Nagar district’s Senior Superintendent of Police Sadanand Date said, “The police hasn’t concluded anything yet. We are currently in …read more
