Punjab CM's wife files criminal defamation case against Majithia, Harsimrat Badal, Khaira

Chandigarh, Sep 16 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's wife, Dr Gurpreet Kaur, has filed a criminal defamation complaint in a Chandigarh court against Shiromani Akali Dal leaders Bikram Singh Majithia and Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira over allegations linking her to an alleged Rs 5-crore demand to help an accused in a rape case. Kaur has approached the court under Sections 210 and 222 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, in relation to the offence of defamation under Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, according to the complaint. Defamation under…