Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

Big Boss-13 contestant Shehnaaz Gill’s father booked on rape charges

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

SHEHNAAZ’S BOTHER TRASHES ALLEGATION­S, SAYS IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO DEFAME THEIR FATHER

AMRITSAR: Big Boss 13 contestant Shehnaaz Gill’s father has been booked for allegedly raping a 40-year-old woman at gunpoint, police said on Thursday. He is absconding.

The accused, Santokh Singh, 45, allegedly raped the Jalandharb­ased woman on May 14, but she lodged a complaint on May 19.

Beas SHO Kirandeep Singh said, “The victim said she had an altercatio­n with her boyfriend, after which he came to Beas. The victim and her friend followed him to make amends. Her boyfriend had been putting up with Santokh.” “As per the woman’s statement, when she reached Santokh’s home, he took her near a drain near Beas in his car on the pretext of taking her to her boyfriend. There he raped her at gun point.” Santokh also threatened to kill her should she complain about the sexual assault.

A medical examinatio­n of the victim has been conducted, the report of which is pending.

Shehnaaz’s brother Shehbaz Badesha has claimed that the allegation­s are false and is an attempt to defame their father. “Yes, there has been a case registered with the Punjab Police but these are completely false allegation­s. We are surely disturbed at the moment but we also know nothing is going to happen as we have enough proof that the lady is lying. The place where the incident according to her happened is under CCTV surveillan­ce and we have arranged for recording of it,” he told SpotboyE in an interview. The accused had been booked under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidati­on) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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