A local court in Chamba on Monday granted interim anticipatory bail to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Churah, Hans Raj, in a sexual exploitation case registered against him restraining police from arresting him until November 22.

The court has also directed the legislator to join the investigation.

Hans Raj had moved the court after a woman filed a complaint at the Women’s Police Station, Chamba, on November 7, accusing him of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor and continuing to exploit her thereafter. Following the complaint, the MLA was booked under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and Section 69 (sexual intercourse obtained through a false promise of marriage) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhi

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