Lok Insaaf Party chief and former MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains on Monday surrendered before a court here in connection with a rape case. The 52-year-old Bains surrendered in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Harsimranjit Singh. The two-time MLA is the main accused in the rape case of a 44-year-old woman.

The case was registered against Bains and five others, including his two brothers, on July 16, 2021 on the directions of a local court.