“The incident is sad. Nobody would want such an incident to occur at their home. He is being harassed because he is from the Samajwadi Party and secondly, the BJP will benefit from it by creating a Hindu-Muslim divide. It is a strategy of the BJP to defame the SP,” the former chief minister alleged.Police have lodged two FIRs and booked the SP MLA, his wife and their son for allegedly forcing a minor girl into child labour and instigating another to commit suicide.Mazhar Shakeel, Beg’s advocate, said the MLA surrendered in the court of the chief judicial magistrate.”He has been taken into judicial custody for 14 days,” Shakeel added.Zahid Beg’s son Zaim Beg was arrested on Wednesday evening in connection with the two cases.The local Anti-Human Trafficking Unit initiated an investigation following the suicide and subsequently, rescued a 17-year-old girl working at the MLA’s residence, according to officials.Based on the findings, the MLA’s family was booked under the Bonded Labour System (Prohibition) Act and for abetment of suicide, they added.
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