AAP alleges police ‘excesses’

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, April 27

A district-level delegation of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) and the district police against alleged police excesses being committed on party workers.

The party has threatened to stage a dharna in front of the District Administration Complex on May 5 in case the authorities fail to provide justice to the victims.

Kartar Singh Philwan, Bhupinder Singh Bittu and Ranjit Singh Cheema, who were the party candidates from Tarn Taran, Khadoor Sahib and Patti constituencies, respectively, in the Assembly elections, were among those who led the delegation.

The AAP leaders alleged that there was a clash between two groups over a local issue at Chaudhry Wala village on April 5. Members of both sides were injured. The latter were admitted to the Civil Hospital, Kairon, where the doctors issued medico-legal reports (MLRs).

The memorandum said the Sarhali police registered a case under Section 326 and other sections of the IPC against members of Nirmal Singh’s group because the complaint and the MLR submitted by the group were not entertained by the police. AAP alleged that an MLA from the ruling party was playing a dubious role in the case.

SSP Harjit Singh said AAP’s role was suspicious as the party had brought the matter to the notice of the authorities several days after the incident.