PHAGWARA: The Shahkot police have booked the father-in-law of a woman on the charge of outraging her modesty. Investigating Officer (IO) Pardeep Kumar said that the accused has been identified as Sukhdev Singh a resident of Bahmannia Khas village.
Daljit Singh a resident of Kokal Pur village under Kotwali police station Kapurthala complained to the police that the accused stood uncovered in front of his daughter-in-law on November 13 night and attacked him with a knife.
IO said that a case under sections 354-A (unwelcome and explicit sexual behaviour and, making sexually coloured remarks ) and 323(voluntarily causing hurt), weapon ) of the IPC has been registered against the accused. No arrest has been made and raids are being conducted to nab the absconding accused.