Police remand for rape accused ex-minister

CHANDIGARH: Former Akali Dal minister Sucha Singh Langah, who faces rape and cheating charges, has been sent to police remand. The move came after he surrendered before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Gurdaspur town in North Punjab. Langah was booked under various Sections of rape, extortion, cheating and criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code. The case was registered after a woman constable of the Punjab police alleged that she had been sexually exploited and raped by Langah since 2009 under the threat of death. She also claimed to be a classmate of Langah's daughter in college.