Gaganjit case: Hearing adjourned till Oct 25

The accused MLA from Dhuri has been accused of raping his middle-age maid at his MLA flat in Chandigarh.

A local court on Monday adjourned the hearing into the rape case against Punjab MLA Gaganjit Singh till October 25.

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The Akali MLA, son of Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, had been released on bail last week, after his arrest under section 376 IPC on August 12 .

Judicial Magistrate (Class-I) RK Singla on Monday adjourned the hearing to October 25 as Judicial Magistrate (Class-I) Harkirat Kaur, who has been hearing the case, is on leave on Monday.

The accused MLA from Dhuri has been accused of raping his middle-age maid at his MLA flat in Chandigarh.