Ex-MLA, 4 others surrender in Ludhiana rape case

Chandigarh, July 11 (IANS) Lok Insaaf party chief and former legislator Simarjit Singh Bains, along with four other accused, on Monday surrendered before a local court in Punjab's Ludhiana in connection with the rape of a 44-year-old woman.Besides Bains, Paramjit Singh Pamma, Jasbir Kaur, Baljinder Kaur and Pardeep Kumara surrendered in the court of Judicial Magistrate Harsimranjit Kaur. Two other accused -- Karamjit Singh Bains and Sukhchain Singh -- are in judicial custody.All seven were declared proclaimed offender on April 12.The court had also attached the property of Bains and Pamma.On November 16, 2020, the woman had moved a handwritten application to the Commissioner of Police of Ludhiana for registration of an FIR against the accused.
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