- विज्ञापन -
Chandigarh: Police in Gurdaspur on Wednesday said that they have arrested a self styled pastor Jashan Gill, who has been accused of raping a 22-year-old BCA student and later forced her to undergo an abortion that eventually claimed her life in 2023.
Sources said that Gill surrendered in a trial court in Gurdaspur town of Punjab, following which police took him into custody.
Earlier, the victim’s father alleged that the pastor lured her daughter with false promise, raped her and arranged botched up abortion, resulting in severe complications.
A day earlier, the brother and sister of the accused were arrested by the police.
The victim’s father also blamed the police for indulging in corruption, saying the pastor had bribed officials and that was the reason he had not been arrested.
“The police have not arrested Gill. He roams freely even though this incident occurred in 2023. The police take money from him,” the victim’s father was quoted as saying.
He also accused Gill of making threats to his life on several occasions.
The father had approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking a CBI inquiry into the case.
Gill’s surrender comes days after a Mohali court sentenced another self-styled pastor, Bajinder Singh, 42, to life imprisonment in a 2018 sexual harassment case.
