Sources said that the police have booked pastor Manjit Singh, Sawar Masih, his father Kashmir Masih, sisters Kajal, Rina and Jina, the victim’s cousin, Napinder Singh, Parvez Masih, Happy Masih all resident of Kalanaur, Rajinder Singh and Rimi of residents of Thikriwal village in Gurdaspur district besides two unknown persons under Sections 70, 127 (4) and 61 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) as case has been registered at the Dera Baba Nanak police station.
A police official said that the police is investigating the matter and several teams have been formed, and the accused will be arrested soon.
Her brother Manpreet Singh said that they had been searching for her sister for three months, but to no avail.
“We also got missing reports registered at the police station. The panchayat of my village also came to our support, but the police did not take any action and faced hardship in getting the FIR registered against the accused,’’ he claimed.
This is the third incident in which Christian pastors have been involved. Earlier on April 1 Pastor Bajinder Singh was sentenced on rape charges while on April 9 another self-styled pastor Jashan Gill accused of raping a 22 year old girl in 2023 had surrendered before Gurdaspur police.
