Uttarakhand minister files FIR against husband, alleges assault, plot to kill her

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand cabinet minister Rekha Arya lodged an FIR against her husband, Girdhari Lal Sahu, also known as Pappu Girdhari, at Garhi Cantt police station on Thursday evening, accusing him of physical assault, cheating, forgery and conspiring to kill her. The women empowerment and child development minister, who disclosed the complaint through a video late in the evening, also alleged that her husband had threatened her minor children.Police registered the FIR around 7.25pm under 13 sections of IPC, including 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 420 (cheating), along with three provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.In her complaint, Arya said she married Sahu in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, on July 6, 2004, and alleged that he had deceived her by claiming to be unmarried despite having a wife and children from an earlier marriage.