Police have registered a case of molestation against the MLA from Chimur Assembly constituency in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on the complaint of a woman who also accused him of beating her husband, an officer said on
Sunday.
The MLA, identified as Kirtikumar alias Bunty Bhangdiya of BJP, has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including section 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), he
said.
As per the FIR, Bhangdiya and a group of at least 15 to 20 people reached the house of the complainant late Saturday night and started abusing her husband. They dragged the complainant›s husband from the house and thrashed him. The complainant alleged she was molested and beaten up when she tried to rescue her husband.