Bathinda, May 30: Akali councillor from Ward No. 3 and Gurdwara Singh Sabha president Rajinder Singh Sidhu has been arrested in an abetment to suicide case on the complaint of another SAD councillor Tarloch Singh, a relative of the deceased woman.
Sidhu was nabbed after an audio clip of him purportedly talking to the victim surfaced on social media a few days ago. As the matter reached SSP Naveen Singla, he ordered a probe by DSP Gurpreet Singh, who found the councillor “guilty”. He was arrested late last night.
The victim had allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at a park here on February 27. She was reportedly found three-month pregnant.
Sidhu, however, alleged the case was politically motivated and he was targeted for being associated with the Akali Dal. Booked under IPC Section 306, the councillor produced in court, which sent him to 14-day judicial custody.
Complainant against gurmeet ram rahim
Rajinder Singh Sidhu was the main complainant against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in 2007 when the latter dressed up as Guru Gobind Singh.
