Rape case: Bains’ aide arrested from Malerkotla

Two days after the arrest of Karamjit Singh Bains, brother of Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) chief Simarjeet Singh Bains, police arrested a close aide of the former Atam Nagar legislator from Malerkotla on Monday

Two days after the arrest of Karamjit Singh Bains, brother of Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) chief Simarjeet Singh Bains, police arrested a close aide of the former Atam Nagar legislator from Malerkotla on Monday. Simarjeet, who is main accused in the rape case of 44-year-old woman, is still at large.

A 44-year-old woman had alleged that the former Atam Nagar legislator Simarjeet Singh Bains had raped her multiple times after she had approached him for help in a property dispute case.

The accused has been identified as Sukhchain Singh. This is the second arrest made by the police a year after the case was registered.

According to sources, Sukhchain used to claim that he was the former MLA’s personal assistant and was involved in a property dispute with the woman who is the complainant in the case.

Police commissioner Kaustubh Sharma confirmed the development and said that a hunt is on for the arrest of the other suspects in the case. Sukhchain was hiding in the house of a relative in Malerkotla.

On April 12, judicial magistrate Harsimranjit Kaur had declared Bains a proclaimed offender in the rape case after he neither appeared before court, nor responded to warrants. On April 21, the Division number 6 police had booked him for “non-appearance in response to a proclamation.”

The 44-year-old woman had alleged that the former Atam Nagar legislator had raped her multiple times after she had approached him for help in a property dispute case.

Though the woman lodged a complaint against Bains on November 16, 2020, an FIR was registered on July 10, 2021, on the court’s directions against Bains, his two brothers- Karamjit Singh Bains and Paramjit Singh Bains; and aides Sukhchain Singh, Pardeep Kumar, Baljinder Kaur and Jasveer Kaur under Sections 376 (rape), 354 (assault or criminal force on woman with an intent to outrage her modesty), 354-A (sexual harassment), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120-B (conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code at Division Number 6 police station.