NAKODAR.
The Nakodar Sadar police have booked Harpreet Singh of a resident of Bhaku Wal village in Kapurthala, on the charge of torturing his wife.Karamjit Kaur, a resident of Shankar village, had filed a complaint to the senior superintendent of police, Jalandhar (rural), that her husband (living abroad) had been harassing and torturing her since their second marriage and seeking divorce, whereas his divorce proceedings were going on before her marriage. Investigating Officer Jagtar Singh said a case under Section 82 (Marrying again with concealment of former marriage), BNS has been registered against the accused after an inquiry. No arrest has been made.