The Himachal Pradesh Police booked BJP MLA Hans Raj under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act Friday based on a woman’s complaint.

The FIR was registered in the Chamba district under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Pocso Act and Section 69 (criminalising sexual intercourse obtained through deceitful means) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The police stated that the FIR was registered after the woman recorded her statement under Section 183 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) at the district court in Chamba.

A police officer told The Indian Express , “The woman was a minor when the commission of the offence took place. The woman alleged in her statement that the legislator had

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