3-member SIT to probe charges

Bajinder was arrested at the Delhi airport on July 20, 2018, for alleged rape of a Zirakpur woman and is out on bail

- Nikhil Sharma

MOHALI: A Mohali court on Monday issued non-bailable warrants (NBW) against three persons, including 42-year-old self-styled preacher and pastor Bajinder Singh, who runs the Church of Glory and Wisdom, after the trio did not appear before the court in a 2018 sexual harassment case registered against them at the Zirakpur police station.

Bajinder was arrested at the Delhi airport on July 20, 2018, for alleged rape of a Zirakpur woman, when he was about to board a flight to London where he was scheduled to attend an event. He was later released on bail.

The pastor's aides — Jatinder, Akbar Ali, Sitar Ali, Sucha Singh, Rajesh Chaudhary and Sandeep Pehlwan — have also been named in the FIR. They too allegedly assaulted her.

The court also issued NBWs against Sandeep Pehlwan and Akbar Ali as they failed to appear before the court in the sexual assault case which is on the final stage of the trial.

The victim, a resident of Zirakpur who runs a dhaba, told the police that Bajinder came in contact with her in 2017 and lured her on the pretext of taking her board.