Uttarakhand Police arrested state Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya’s husband, Girdhari Lal Sahu alias Pappu Girdhari, from Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi, officials said on Saturday.
The Cabinet Minister’s husband, Girdhari Lal Sahu, was arrested yesterday evening outside a private university campus in the Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh after he had been on the run for some time. The charges include forgery as well as serious offences under the SC/ST Act. Given the gravity of the matter, a special team was constituted; this nine-member team has now proceeded with the investigation and successfully arrested two key accused: Girdhari Lal Sahu and Satyendra Thakur. As the investigation continues, any other individuals whose names emerge will also face appropriate legal action… Girdhari Lal Sahu was arrested near the Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh and has been brought here, while Satyendra Thakur was arrested near Kichha in the Udham Singh Nagar district… They are currently being sent to judicial custody.
“A case was registered against Girdhari Lal Sahu on October 15, following a complaint filed by the Cabinet Minister, Rekha Arya. “Girdhari Lal Sahu has an extensive criminal history; over 44 cases have been registered against him.
Further steps will be taken to gather evidence…” said Dobhal. Furthermore, he has faced charges under serious legal provisions in the past,” said Sahu.
He has previously been convicted in some of these cases, while others remain pending.
She claimed that she had neither signed nor executed any such documents nor submitted any resignation. Earlier reporting noted: Uttarakhand SIT arrests minister Rekha Arya’s husband Girdhari Lal Sahu from Jhansi A special investigation team (SIT) of the Uttarakhand police on Friday arrested state cabinet minister Rekha Arya’s husband in connection with the case registered against him by Arya, involving charges of voluntarily causing hurt, using casteist slurs, conspiring to kill her, and forging documents to remove her as a director in four companies. In her complaint to the police, Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya alleged that her husband’s behaviour towards her had changed over the past few months, during which she came to know about his alleged illicit relationships with other women. When she objected to these relationships, her husband initially admitted his mistakes and apologised to her both verbally and in writing. However, she alleged that he continued the same activities despite the apologies. The minister further alleged that she came to know that Girdhari Lal Sahu had used forged signatures and fake documents to show her as having been removed from the position of director in the concerned companies.
Earlier, Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya lodged an FIR against her husband, Girdhari Lal Sahu alias Pappu Girdhari, at the Cantt Police Station in Dehradun under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Earlier reporting noted: Girdhari Lal Sahu (61), who, according to the police, continued to change his locations and even went to the neighbouring country Nepal, was arrested near a private university in Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
Earlier reporting noted: Additionally, the minister accused him of forging her signatures on various documents to remove her from administrative positions without her knowledge or consent.
