Chandigarh, November 19
The Punjab Chief Secretary, Mr N.K. Arora, today vehemently denied his playing “god father” to any individual.

Reacting sharply to a news item appearing in The Tribune on November 19, Mr Arora said he had gone to the CT Education Society's Public School function in Jalandhar in response to an invitation in “good faith”.

He totally disowned the “observations” made by the Society President, Mr Charanjit Singh Channi, adding if the latter was “guilty” on any account the law would take its own course. “I hold no brief for him”.

Mr Arora said the school enjoyed a ''good'' reputation. Even the former Prime Minister, Mr I.K. Gujral, had attended the school functions. This was also enough for me not to suspect anything. The visit to the school was for a function of the students. It is totally unjust and improper to impute motives.

“At the venue of the function when a section of the media told me about Mr Channi that he was a proclaimed offender, I replied that this had not been brought to my notice. But if there is anything against Mr Channi, the law will take its own course”.