Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya: Girdhari Lal Sahu, husband of Uttarakhand Women Empowerment and Child Development Minister Rekha Arya, has been arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Dehradun Police from Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh).
Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya herself had filed a case against the accused husband under several serious sections including conspiracy to commit murder, domestic harassment and fraud. Sahu, who was absconding after the non-bailable warrant was issued by the court, has been produced in the court by the police and sent to Suddhowala jail.
Serious allegations made by Rekha Arya
Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya has made several serious allegations against her husband Girdhari Lal Sahu in the FIR lodged in the Cantt police station of Dehradun. She alleged that her husband was hatching a deep-rooted conspiracy to murder her, as evidence of which she cited an alleged audio recording,
In which her husband was talking to another woman about killing her. The minister says that when she protested against her husband's illicit relations with other women, she was repeatedly beaten and abused, and was mentally and physically tortured.
Apart from this, Rekha Arya alleged that Girdhari Lal insulted her by using caste based words against her in front of the staff at her own government residence, due to which action has also been taken by the police in this matter under the SC/ST Act.
Alleging financial fraud, he said that the accused tried to remove him from the post of director of his own companies with the help of forged signatures and forged documents. Rekha Arya also revealed that at the time of marriage in 2004, Girdhari Lal had hidden the details of his first marriage and children, which she came to know after the birth of her children.
Counterattack of accused husband Girdhari Lal Sahu
By releasing a video on social media before his arrest and in front of the media after his arrest, Girdhari Lal Sahu, declaring himself innocent, has made very serious counter allegations against Cabinet Minister Rekha Arya. Sahu termed the alleged audio recording released by the minister's wife as completely fake and claimed that it has been generated through Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.
So that their marital life can be spoiled. He swore by Golu Devta that he never harassed or abused his wife.
Accusing Rekha Arya of corruption, Girdhari Lal claimed that the minister has illegal and benami assets worth about Rs 210 crore, for which he had also written a letter to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for an impartial investigation. He also alleged that Rekha Arya is full of pride and thinks that she will remain on the ministerial post forever.
On Saturday, when the police team was taking him to present in the court, Girdhari Lal Sahu, limping in front of the media cameras, said, “If my going to jail makes my wife happy, then I have no complaint, I am ready for it.