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Shehnaaz Gill’s father claims proof of innocence in rape accusation

Reports have been in circulation overnight that Shehnaaz Gill’s father and famous politician, Santokh Singh Sukh, was accused of rape by a 40-year-old woman from Jalandhar.

The story says she had gone to Sukh’s home on Tuesday to meet her boyfriend, Randhir Singh Sandhu. The woman, who is 40, was allegedly in a relationship with Sandhu, who is also known as Lucky Sandhu for the past 12 years. In a published report, the woman went there with a friend to meet Sandhu, who left her after a bad fight. She claimed that Sandhu’s father took her in his car on the assumption that they were going to meet his son. She then said that he stopped his car near Rohi Bridge and raped her at gunpoint, reports Bollywood Life.

Now, in an fresh interview to a local news channel, Sukh has said that he was at his residence the whole day when the woman in question said incident took place. He said he has more than enough evidence at home to prove his innocence as his home is covered by CCTV to confirm his story.

Sukh is a well known politician in Punjab and he looks after 290 villages in the state. Rumours also began circulating that he would absconding his position due to this accusation, which he promptly denied. As well as saying he has CCTV footage in his home to prove his innocence, he said even the area where the alleged incident occurred is apparently under CCTV surveillance as well.

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