A serving minister’s brother is now on the spot after issuing frightening threats to break the teeth of a female Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and bury her alive.
The accused had been identified as Inder Singh Chouhan, the brother of Nagar Singh Chouhan, a cabinet rank minister for Scheduled Caste Welfare.
Priya Kag, the Janpad CEO, stated in her complaint that when she reached the office for official duties, Chouhan, the minister’s brother was standing near the main gate.
“As soon as I got out of my vehicle and approached him, he angrily started shouting loudly about the rejection of applications under the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana,” the FIR read.
She said that she had informed him about the reasons for rejection as per government rules.
“I explained to him, as per government instructions and rules, that the applications were rejected because the applicants had already been married earlier, and they had submitted false marriage invitation cards in their applications. That is why their applications were cancelled,” Kag wrote in her complaint.
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A Janpad CEO is a state-appointed administrative officer responsible for implementing development projects and overseeing administration at the block-level Janpad Panchayat (Panchayat Samiti).
Kag alleged that when she tried to explain the matter, Chouhan turned aggressive and threatened her. In her complaint, she quoted him as saying, “I will break your teeth and bury you alive right here. Everything in this Janpad will happen as per my wish. Who are you to tell me?”
“When I tried to stop Chouhan from using rude and indecent behaviour, he advanced towards me to assault me and tried to hit me while abusing me,” she alleged.
“Chouhan said to me, ‘I will kill you’.”
“When I started to leave from there, he came in front and blocked my way. I turned back and went to the rear room of the Janpad office, but he followed me there as well, chasing me up to the outside area,” she wrote in her complaint.
“Earlier also, in my absence, Chouhan had got the cameras installed in my office chamber removed,” she alleged.
Expressing fear for her safety, she stated, “Due to this kind of incident, I am extremely frightened and feel unsafe both at my workplace and at my residence.
“Chouhan has obstructed me in performing my official government duties”, she stated.
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Minister Chouhan has confirmed that the accused is his brother but refused to comment on the allegations, according to a report monitored from the Indian Express.
“He is my brother and his name has featured in the FIR,” the minister told the platform.
The Eagle reports that a First Information Report IFIR) is a written document prepared by police in India, about the commission of a serious crime for which offenders could be arrested without a warrant
The incident which has again drawn attention to the sometimes excessive behaviour of persons with access to power and influence, comes on the heels of Pritam Singh Lodhi (Member of Legislative Assembly, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in state-level legislative assemblies) allegedly threatening police officers investigating his son, who allegedly rammed his their vehicle into five people.
CCTV footage of the incident involving the minister’s brother has also been released, which purportedly shows him charging towards the woman while being held back by two men.
Police have confirmed that an FIR has been registered in the case under sections 132 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 224 (threat of injury to public servant), 221 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the BNS.
According to the FIR registered at Kotwali police station on 22 April, the incident occurred around 3 pm on the same day at the Janpad Panchayat office.
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