Assault on cop: Dacoity charges against Meerut BJP councillor dropped

Meerut | Saturday | 27th October, 2018

Summary:

While in one FIR, councillor Chaudhary was accused of dacoity and molestation, in the other he was booked for wrongful confinement and deterring a public servant from discharging his duty.“The evidence in the investigation did not corroborate the dacoity claims. CCTV footages also corroborate it, a senior police official privy to the development told TOI.Two separate FIRs were registered in the same incident. The blood samples of Chaudhary and sub-inspector Singh have also been sent to Agra FSL for alcohol content test after local district hospital failed to ascertain it.While SI Singh was attached to Police Lines, the councillor was arrested and sent to jail. Currently, Chaudhary is under arrest and investigations are on. Meerut: The “watertight” case registered by Meerut Police against BJP councillor Munish Chaudhary, accused of thrashing a sub-inspector in his restaurant after a tiff, appears to have developed several chinks as on Saturday investigating officer dropped dacoity charges slapped against the local leader.According to sources, the charge of molestation against the BJP leader may also “fall flat” in the court, as the woman accompanying SI Sukhram Singh was “only pushed aside” by Chaudhary during the scuffle..