Gurdaspur:
Former Akali minister Sucha Singh
Langah, who had been on the run after a rape case was
registered against him, today surrendered before the district
court here.
Punjab Police had been conducting raids to trace him. "He (Langah) surrendered today in the district court
here," Gurdaspur SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar said.
Langah was booked by the police on the night of September
28 after a woman gave a complaint that the Akali leader had
allegedly been raping her repeatedly since 2009. Police had booked Langah under Sections 376 (rape), 384
(extortion), 420 (cheating) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of
the IPC.
The victim had also given a video clip in pen drive to
the police to support her accusations. Yesterday, he had moved the Punjab and Haryana High court
seeking anticipatory bail.
On October 2, the Chandigarh district court had rejected
the application of Langah for surrender in connection with the
rape case registered against him by Gurdaspur police.
Langah had dubbed the rape case lodged against him as
"false" and accused a Congress MLA of getting him booked. Langah had also termed the complaint as a "classic
example of political vendetta.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had accepted the
resignation of party core committee member Langah from all
party posts.
