Garhwa, March 23 -- Dheeraj Dubey, a central spokesperson for the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and a close confidant of former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Minister Mithilesh Kumar Thakur, is facing charges along with four others. They are accused of assaulting and indecently assaulting a woman, as well as stealing her gold necklace at gunpoint.
The victim, Asha Devi, lodged a formal complaint at the Ranka Police Station on Friday evening. In her statement, Asha Devi reported that on Thursday evening, Saurabh Pandey, a Ranka resident, came to her grocery shop while intoxicated and requested cigarettes. As she served him, he allegedly began throwing items from the counter. When she objected, he reportedly began verbally abus...