Punjab ex-MLA Simarjeet Bains surrenders in Rape Case Ludhiana court

Punjab ex-MLA Simarjeet Bains surrenders in Rape case Ludhiana court

Ludhiana : Lok Insaaf party chief and former MLA Simarjit Singh Bains, along with four others, wanted in the rape of a 44-year-old woman surrendered before a local court here on Monday.

Around 10.15am, Bains, along with accused Paramjit Singh Pamma, Jasbir Kaur, Baljinder Kaur, Pardeep Kumara alias Gogi Sharma, surrendered before the court of Judicial Magistrate Harsimranjit Kaur.

The court had recently attached the property of Bains. Besides, the property of Paramjit Singh Pamma at Alamgir village was also attached.

He, along with all seven accused, was declared a proclaimed offender on April 12.

His bail plea was also dismissed by the Court of Additional Sessions Judge Rashmi Sharma the same day. When he did not get any relief from the Supreme Court, the local police started raiding the hideouts of all accused.

The FIR was registered against him on the orders of a local court in July 2021. The chargesheet was filed before the court in December 2021. At that time, none of the accused were arrested.

The local police recently arrested his brother Karamjit Singh Bains and property dealer Sukhchain Singh in the case and they are in judicial custody.   

On November 16, 2020, the woman had moved a handwritten application to the Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana, for registration of an FIR against MLA Bains, Kamaljit Singh, Baljinder Kaur, Jasbir Kaur alias Bhabhi, Sukhchain Singh, Paramjit Singh alias Pamma and Gogi Sharma of Ludhiana. She sat on a dharna for long outside the Commissioner of Police's office seeking that the FIR be filed.

As the FIR was not registered, the woman moved a local court seeking directions for registration of the FIR and, thereafter, the case was registered.