Three-day police remand for Lal Singh’s brother

JAMMU: BJP member of legislative assembly (MLA) Choudhary Lal Singh’s younger brother Choudhary Rajinder Singh, alias Bubby, was sent to a three-day police remand on Monday night by a Kathua executive magistrate.

Rajinder Singh, who was on the run since May 29, was arrested in Jodhpur by a special team of Kathua police on Sunday.

On May 21, police had lodged an FIR against Rajinder for hurling invectives at chief minister Mehbooba Mufti at a rally, the video clip of which had gone viral on social media.

The rally was organised by Lal Singh to mobilise public support for a CBI probe into the Kathua rape and murder case.

A senior police officer said, “The accused was produced before an executive magistrate, who sent him to a three day police remand.”

POLICE HAD LODGED AN FIR AGAINST RAJINDER FOR HURLING INVECTIVES AT J&K CM MEHBOOBA MUFTI AT A RALLY

Singh will remain in remand till Wednesday, he added.

Two separate anticipatory bail applications of the accused were already rejected by the district and sessions court in Kathua and high court in Jammu.

A case under first information report (FIR) number 187 of 2018 for offences under Sections 501 (printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) and Sections 66/67 of IT Act were registered against the accused.htc