Former JJP legislator booked in rape case

Hisar, August 29

The women police station in Jind has booked former JJP Narwana MLA Ramniwas Surjekhera on rape charges on the complaint of a woman. Confirming the registration of the case, Jind SP Sumit Kumar informed The Tribune that the woman had approached the police with the complaint on Tuesday evening and the police had registered the FIR on Wednesday. “So far, there has been no arrest in the case. The police have started an investigation into the matter after registering the FIR,” he said.

According to the information, a woman from Punjab had accused Surjekhera of rape. Reacting to the FIR, Surjekhera made a statement on his social media account today. He described it as a political conspiracy and rubbished the charges as false. “I had never thought that the level of politics would fall so low. This is an attempt to weaken me ahead of the Assembly elections,” he wrote on the Facebook post, adding that he was ready to face investigation and would cooperate in the probe.

Surjekhera was the JJP MLA from Narwana who had supported the BJP in recent Lok Sabha polls. He had also resigned from the state Assembly and also quit the party recently and there were speculations that he could join the BJP.