Shimla, Nov 8, 2025

Himachal Pradesh BJP legislator Hans Raj was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on the complaint of a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted when she was minor, the police said on Saturday.

The legislator represents the Churah constituency in Chamba district and was booked under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Pocso Act and Section 69 (criminalising sexual intercourse obtained through deceitful means) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The complaint was lodged on Friday evening at the Women’s police station.

The police said the FIR was registered after the woman recorded her statement under Section 183 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Cham

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