Miss Punjaban contest: Mohali hotelier held

Mohali: Police have arrested Mohali-based Dinesh

Kumar Arora

, owner of a hotel where Miss Punjaban contestants were lodged and one contestant was rescued by a warrant officer appointed by the Punjab and Haryana high court.

Arora

was produced in the court on Tuesday and sent to police remand.On April 6, police had arrested the Rabindra Narayan, Punjabi channel PTC’s MD, on charges of sexual harassment, using criminal force on any woman with intention of disrobing her, wrongful restraint and confinement. The court has rejected his regular bail application twice.Arora, who is president of Mohali Hotel and Restaurants Association, was named in the FIR along with Narayan, Nancy Ghuman,

Niharika Jain

(assistant director Miss PTC contest 2022-23) and others. On March 15, a man had filed a petition in the HC, claiming his daughter, a participant in Miss PTC Punjaban contest, was being pressurised into illegal acts. tnn