Overview
- Chamba police registered an FIR on Friday under Section 6 of the POCSO Act and Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against Hans Raj.
- The complainant’s statement was recorded under BNSS Section 183 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate and a medical examination was completed, with police providing security to her family.
- A separate FIR filed on November 6 names the MLA’s personal assistant Lekh Raj and aide Muniyan Khan for alleged abduction, intimidation and coercion to force a statement change.
- Police and media accounts note an earlier 2024 case over alleged obscene messages that the woman later retracted, which she now says followed threats and duress.
- The MLA denies wrongdoing and calls the allegations politically motivated, while the State Women’s Commission has sought a report and the state government says it is monitoring the case.