NAKODAR
The Nakodar Sadar police have booked twelve persons for outraging women’s modesty.
Investigating Officer (IO) Lovleen Kumar said that the accused have been identified as Kamal Nain Singh, Manjider Singh Sarpanch, Gurchetan Singh, Paramjit Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, and Nama all residents of Tahli village, and their six unidentified accomplices.
Jeet Singh a resident of Tahli village complained to the police that the accused waylaid him and his wife on October 17 using derogatory and highly objectionable remarks against her and threatened to entangle her in a false suicide case and threatened them with dire consequences.
IO said that a case under sections 354 (criminal force to woman intended to outrage her modesty) 509(uttering any word or making any gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 506(criminal intimidation) and 148 and 149(rioting) of the IPC has been registered against the accused. No arrest has been made and raids are being conducted to nab them.