Highlights

  • Ex-minister dies by suicide
  • Rajendra Bahuguna shoots himself after being accused of molesting granddaughter
  • Police have booked his daughter-in-law, her father and a neighbour for driving him to suicide

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Rajendra Bahuguna was booked recently under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act on the complaint of his daughter-in-law

Accused of molesting grandchild by his daughter-in-law, former Uttarakhand minister shoots himself dead

A roadways union leader climbed a water tank and shot himself dead in Haldwani city of Uttarakhand after being accused by his daughter-in-law of molesting his granddaughter.

Rajendra Bahuguna, 59, was booked recently under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on the complaint of his daughter-in-law, Senior Superintendent of Police, Nainital, Pankaj Bhatt said.

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Bahuguna's son has filed a complaint against his wife for abetting his father's suicide.

The suicide incident happened in Haldwani's Bhagat Singh Colony on Wednesday, Bhatt said.

Bahuguna enjoyed the status of a minister of state for a year from 2004-05 during the chief ministership of Congress leader N D Tiwari.

(With PTI inputs)

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