AAP MLA Sandoa charged with molestation
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Rupnagar Amarjit Singh Sandoa has been charged in a case relating to alleged molestation of his former landlady. The complaint was registered by the lady on July 29 last year.
A local court of Rupnagar chief judicial magistrate Pooja Andotra framed charges under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 294 (obscene acts and songs), 506 (criminal intimidation), 509(word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 323(voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The court dismissed his plea for discharging him from the case and conducting his narco analysis test. The woman claimed Sandoa was her tenant till April that year and left without paying the rent and utility bills for a month.
When the woman visited Sandoa along with a relative on July 28, he allegedly abused and shoved her besides catching hold of her hand and dupatta. The complaint further stated that the MLA threatened to kill the woman if she asked for her money again.
-PTC News
