Chandigarh, 2 October(Wishav Warta): Former Akali Dal leader Sucha Singh Langah who is accused of a rape today offered his surrender before the local court, which refused his surrender and asked him to surrender before the Gurdaspur court, which an FIR was registered against him.
Langah, who is wanted in a case of raping a woman cop, today surrendered before the court of Duty Magistrate Hirdejeet Singh, but the court refused Langah’s surrender plea and told him to go to Gurdaspur. Langah on Saturday had failed to surrender in a court, as promised a day earlier after the registration of a rape case against him.
Former Minister who was booked on Friday on charges of rape, criminal intimidation, and cheating on the complaint of a woman working with Punjab Police—had remained underground ever since, police sources said.
Expelled from Akali Dal, Langah was booked under Sections 376 (rape), 384 (extortion), 420 (cheating) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code at the Gurdaspur City police station after the woman, a widow, complained that he had been repeatedly raping her since 2009. Langah, who was a Shiromani Akali Dal core committee member, on Friday had announced his resignation from all party posts and from the membership of the SGPC.