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Punjabi singer held, gets bail

Panchkula: Punjabi pop singer Gursewak Mann was arrested here on Tuesday following a complaint by a girl that he held her as his friend photographed her with a mobile phone outside the women's toilet in a hotel.

Hours after his arrest, a court granted bail to Mann, who along with his friend was booked under various sections of the IPC related to outraging the modesty of a woman. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate A. D. Gaur accepted the singer's bail plea.

Police said Mann was arrested after he surrendered to the Criminal Investigation Agency.

The girl, a resident of Himachal Pradesh, was attending coaching classes for IAS in Chandigarh.

The singer refuted the charge against him and his friend, but the girl stood by her statement that Mann's friend photographed her with a mobile phone.

Alleged scuffle

She alleged that when she was coming out of the toilet on Sunday, Mann's friend took photos. When she objected, the two had a scuffle with her.

Mann, however, told the police his friend was photographing him in the corridor where the toilet is located. He said the toilet's door was open at the time. — PTI

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