Hours after an ex-serviceman in Jammu accused a BJP legislator of abducting his daughter in Jammu and Kashmir, the girl…
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Hours after an ex-serviceman in Jammu accused a BJP legislator of abducting his daughter in Jammu and Kashmir, the girl came forward and denied the charge. The accused politician, on the other hand, termed the allegation an attempt to defame him.
On Saturday, the ex-serviceman alleged that BJP MLA from RS Pura Gagan Bhagat had abducted his daughter and also staged a protest outside the Press Club. However, hours later, the girl appeared before a select group of mediapersons on Saturday night and refuted the charges. She also said the MLA was a “good person”.
The girl, in fact, alleged that she had been facing “death threat” from her family members who wanted her to marry someone against her wishes.
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“I am before you and nobody kidnapped me. The allegations are fake. He (MLA) is a very good person. My family are supporters of PDP and maybe that is the reason… They are forcing me to marry someone who has not even cleared his Class 12 while as I am doing BAMS,” said the girl.
Responding to queries, the girl said she was in regular touch with her family and even talked to them in the morning before they staged the protest.
“I am studying outside the state and even my family members used to visit me in the college. I visited my home last time in the winter holidays,” she said.
The girl said her family knew the fact that she was in Jammu at a friend’s house.
Earlier, Senior Superintendent of Police (Jammu) Vivek Gupta said no formal complaint had been lodged in this case. “Once a complaint is filed, we will take appropriate action,” he said.
Ex-serviceman Rajinder Singh, along with his father and several neighbours from R S Pura constituency, had staged a protest outside Press Club Jammu, claiming that his daughter, who was pursuing her studies at a college in Punjab, had been abducted by MLA Bhagat, reported PTI.
Reacting to the claim, Bhagat said the “allegations are baseless and motivated, aimed at defaming” his public image.
(With agency inputs)
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