Cong mayoral candidate from Kashipur held

Kashipur, November 22 

Congress’ mayoral candidate from Kashipur Mukta Singh and her husband Ravindra Singh were arrested on Thursday in connection with a dowry harassment case lodged against them by their daughter-in-law, sparking protests by the party which termed the arrest as “politically motivated”.

Mukta Singh and her husband Ravindra Singh were arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by their daughter-in-law Priyanka on September 28, DSP Rajesh Bhatt said.

In the complaint, she accused them and three others, including their son Shashank, of harassing her for dowry, he said. A case under the Dowry Act had been registered against five persons.

The arrest evoked immediate reaction from the Congress which staged a dharna outside the kotwali.

“This is politics of vendetta by the ruling BJP. It has arrested the couple without proper inquiry to malign the image of the Congress,” said former MP KC Singh Baba, who led the protest. — PTI