Uttarakhand BJP Arrested For Assaulting Girl, Expelled From Party

Almora SSP Devendra Pincha said on Sunday that Bhagwat Singh Bora, accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl, was arrested on Saturday night.

A BJP leader has been arrested for allegedly molesting a teenager in the Almora district of Uttarakhand. Almora SSP Devendra Pincha said on Sunday that Bhagwat Singh Bora, accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl, was arrested on Saturday night.

Meanwhile, taking cognisance of the incident, Bora, who was the block unit chief of the party's Salt region, has been expelled with immediate effect on the instructions of BJP's state president Mahendra Bhatt.

The SSP said the alleged incident took place on August 24 in the Salt revenue area, and information regarding this was received on August 30.