A day after Uttarakhand police registered an FIR over state women and child development minister Rekha Arya’s allegations that her husband Girdhari Lal Sahu conspired to murder her, subjected her to repeated caste-based harassment and forging her signatures, police said on Friday that they were probing the matter.
Sahu, meanwhile, accused Arya of habitual corruption and administrative indifference towards her constituency (Someshwar in Almora district), and dismissed the allegations against him. The FIR charges Sahu with forgery, cheating, criminal conspiracy, bigamy, cruelty by a husband, and criminal intimidation under relevant sections of IPC and the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Sahu, who is from Bareilly in UP, also appealed to CM Pushkar Singh Dhami for justice, alleging he had complained to him about Arya’s alleged corruption and claiming he possessed evidence against her. Also Read I Uttarakhand minister accuses husband of conspiring to murder her, bigamy Arya didn’t respond to HT’s requests for comment till the time of going to print.
The alleged offences took place between July 6, 2004 and October 15, 2026. He also alleged that Arya amassed illegal assets worth ₹ 210 crore.
Also Read I Uttarakhand CM Dhami questions Congress over Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Ajit Doval Dehradun city SP Shekhar Chand Suyal said a deputy SP-rank officer will handle the probe. “We have also received evidence along with the complaint and the required action will be taken promptly,” he said.
