SANGRUR: Aam Aadmi Party’s ( AAP Lehragaga unit president Hardeep Singh has been booked for attempting to rape a 15-year-old dalit girl belonging to a dalit family of a village near Moonak sub-division.DSP Aakashdeep Singh Aulakh disclosed that Hardeep Singh, who had a photo studio, attempted to rape a dalit girl who had gone to his studio to get her photographed.She was accompanied by her younger sister who waited outside the studio’s dark room. The waiting girl heard shrieks of her sister who was in the dark room with Hardeep Singh. The younger sister raised an alarm and many villagers gathered at the site. The villagers tried to open the door of the dark room but it was bolted from inside.Realising that villagers had collected outside the shop, Hardeep opened the door and escaped, said the DSP. The Moonak police station had registered an FIR bearing number 109 on September 8, 2016 against the AAP office-bearer Hardeep Singh, who was absconding.Jasbir Singh Sekhon, Sangrur zone coordinator, when contacted, said, “The police should not work under political pressure, but should reach the truth. If Hardeep is found guilty, strict action should be taken against him.”He said that political vendetta should not come into play. Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal said that the bad elements had found their way into AAP which was taking its last breath. Bhattal asked Kejriwal to explain what type of party he was heading. She said that she stood in support of the Dalit family. She could not visit them as she was busy with assembly session. She promised to meet the family in the village soon.