Uttarakhand women and child development minister Rekha Arya on Thursday accused her husband Girdhari Lal Sahu of forgery, caste-based harassment and conspiring to murder her, prompting the police to register a first information report (FIR) against him, officers said.
She alleged that Sahu, in collusion with another woman, was plotting to kill her, according to her complaint. The FIR, registered at the Cantonment police station in Dehradun on her complaint, charges Sahu of forgery, cheating, criminal conspiracy, bigamy, cruelty by a husband, and criminal intimidation under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), as well as charges under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act , police said, adding that inspector Santosh Singh Kunwar was heading the probe in the case.
In her complaint to the police, Arya alleged that Sahu had concealed his earlier marriage before entering into a union with her and having relationship with other women.
