Taking cognisance of a complaint in which a local shopkeeper had alleged that he was threatened at gunpoint and issued a death threat by local resident and Khanpur MlA Pranav Singh ‘Champion' on Diwali night, November 3, the Dehradun police registered a case under sections 452, 504 and 506 of IPC against the Khanpur MlA in Araghar Chowki on Wednesday.
This was disclosed by Araghar Chowki in-charge S Pundir. After receiving threat from MlA, the complainant had phoned the police control room on 100 number, but police did not reach the site on time. The Chowki in-charge Pundir said,“ I was informed by the control room official about this incident but a few minutes later I was informed that the issue had been sorted out.” He said that on November 4, the complainant had approached the Chowki but did not submit written complaint.
After receiving complaint, an FIR was lodged against MlA, his gunner and his domestic help on Wednesday, he added.It will be recalled that the MlA has been controversial due to his actions which include allegedly firing from his licensed gun at a dinner party hosted by a cabinet minister in Dehradun. He had also made serious allegations against Transport Minister Surendra Rakesh of the BSP after which Champion was removed from the post of Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation chairman by the Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna when coalition partners demanded stringent action against him.