Dinesh Singh Fartiyal, SHO of Lalkuan, told TNIE, “A case has been registered against both named accused under sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. Since the incident occurred in 2021, the new ‘Bhartiya Nyay Sahinta’ does not apply. Investigations are ongoing based on evidence, but no arrests have been made yet.” In a separate case, Bhagwat Singh Bora, BJP Mandal President of Salt Block in Almora district, was arrested by police late at night from Marchula Road. SSP Devendra Pincha confirmed, “The accused has been produced in court and sent to jail.” The BJP has expelled Bhagwat Singh Bora from the party following his arrest. Meanwhile, in the Lalkua case, the government has removed Mukesh Bora, also accused of rape, from his post as Administrator of the Uttarakhand Cooperative Dairy Federation. The main opposition party in the state, Congress, has unleashed a scathing attack on the BJP, demanding accountability from the state’s BJP government for all cases of sexual assault that have occurred in the past year, involving senior party leaders.
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