Bihar: BJP MLC Tunna Pandey arrested for molesting minor girl on train; party suspends him

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC from Bihar, Tunna Pandey was on Sunday arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) for allegedly molesting a minor girl on the Poorvanchal Express.

The BJP member Tunna Ji Pandey was arrested on the basis of a written complaint from the parents of the 12-year-old girl, Superintendent of Railway Police (SRP), Muzaffarpur, B N Jha said.

The parents complained that Pandey had allegedly kissed their daughter in an AC-2 coach around 3 am and asked her to come to the toilet with him when the train was near Sarai station close to Hajipur junction, he said.

The frightened girl raised an alarm following which the parents who had their berth elsewhere in the compartment rushed to her.

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The victim family was travelling from Howrah to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, while Pandey had ticket from Duragapur to Hajipur.

Pandey is in liquor trade and an MLC from local bodies quota in Siwan.

The BJP MLC however denied the allegation and said, "I was just taking out my phone charger, didn't even know whether it was a girl who was sleeping or a boy. When I switched the lights on by mistake while trying to take out my charger, the girl shouted that I was misbehaving with her."