| NC sarpanch arrested for assaulting women, released on bail | | |
Saahil Suhail
ANANTNAG, Sept 6: A sarpanch affiliated with ruling party National Conference was arrested a few days ago when he allegedly attacked the family members of a contractor in South Kashmir's Veeri Bijbehara area. Sarpanch has been now released on bail.
Reports said that Sarpanch identified as Arshad Abdullah Dar son of Mohamad Abdullah Dar resident of Veeri Bijbehara attacked one Fayaz Ahmad Bhat son of Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, a contractor by profession during evening hours, who reportedly have identified number of frauds in which sarpanch is directly involved.
Eyewitness said that sarpanch also attacked female family members of the contractor who were present on the spot.
The victim logged an application against the sarpanch. The police acted swiftly and booked him under two sections of the law including 354-Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
Police registered a case 191/2013 under sections 354, 323 and arrested the accused sarpanch. Meanwhile police sources said that sarpanch was bailed out. |
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