Ludhiana: A woman, 45, has accused Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) chief and MLA Simarjit Singh Bains of raping her and threatening to kill both her sons if she complained against him. She has also accused the MLA’s brother, Karamjit Bains, a realtor and a woman worker of LIP of helping him. The MLA has refuted the allegations.
After she lodged a police complaint — in which the MLA and the realtor are accused of fraud, too — on Monday, an inquiry was marked to joint commissioner of police (rural) Kanwardeep Kaur.
The woman, a resident of Ludhiana, said, “After the death of my husband, I was unable to pay the EMIs of our house loan. As a result, the bank officials were harassing me. In April 2019, during a Lok Sabha election campaign, I met Simarjit Singh Bains, who advised me to sell the house. Through him, I met a realtor who sold the house. The realtor gave me Rs 4.50 lakh and bought me a plot in a village here.”
As she wanted money, she asked the realtor to sell the plot and give her cash. “The realtor was giving less amount, so I sought Bains’ help. Bains asked me to come to his office. There, he raped me in his cabin. He threatened me against speaking about it and asked me to stay in touch with him. Bains then called up the realtor and asked him to give me Rs 5,000,” she added.
The woman said when she met the realtor to get the amount, he also pressured her to stay in touch with Bains to get more money. “Thereafter, the MLA kept calling me to his office and the house of a woman LIP worker, who lives nearby. There, he raped me several times. The MLA’s younger brother, Karamjit Bains, also threatened me and sent me lewd messages,” she added.
Terming the allegations baseless and false, the MLA said, “The woman had come to me, seeking help in selling her house, so that she could get some money. I asked the realtor to help her. But in September, she lodged a complaint with the ADCP against the realtor, saying he had raped her and duped her of money. At the time, the police investigated the case and made the realtor give Rs 60,000 more to the woman. She then gave a written apology and withdrew the complaint.”
“Now, she has lodged a complaint against me with the same allegations to get more money. The Congress has hatched the conspiracy to malign my image and to affect my ‘Punjab Adhikar Yatra’ for water conservation. The complaint was filed and made viral on social media on Monday – the day I started the yatra. The truth will come out soon,” the MLA added.
On Tuesday, the complainant met joint CP Kanwardeep Kaur.
Kanwardeep Kaur said, “We will verify the allegations of the complainant. She has submitted some proofs, which will be checked.”