Overview
- A state women’s commission took cognisance of a viral video in which a Chamba resident accuses Churah MLA Hans Raj of harassing her and threatening her family.
- Commission chairperson Vidya Negi asked the Chamba SP to visit the location, file a report, and consider security for the woman; complaints from AIDWA and Mahila Janwadi Samiti were forwarded to police.
- The woman previously lodged an FIR in August last year alleging obscene messages and threats; she later retracted the complaint, and the MLA says police investigated and issued a closure report.
- In her new video, she alleges pressure to withdraw her case, claims the MLA’s wife warned he would “settle scores” if he becomes a minister, and accuses a doctor and a junior engineer of mistreating her father.
- Hans Raj denies wrongdoing, calls the allegations a politically driven bid to incite communal tension, urges a thorough police probe, and says he will file a defamation case, with no new arrests or formal proceedings reported.