SAD leader accuse police of helping Congress men

Says cops not arresting leaders of ruling party in case

Tribune News Service

Batala, April 30

Ravi Karan Kahlon, Majha in-charge (youth wing) of the SAD and son of former Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon, along with scores of Akali workers, laid siege to the Ghanian Ke Bangar police station to protest against the alleged harassment of Akali leaders “at the behest of local Congress leaders” by the police.

Kahlon claimed that a few days ago, local Congress men entered into a fight with one of his supporters, Lakhbir Singh of Langarwal village, and grievously injured him in the head. “Fearing arrest, the Congress men inflicted injuries upon themselves at the insistence of the cops. A cross FIR was registered but instead of arresting the culprits, the cops, on the directions of a senior minister from the area, took the SAD worker into custody. What sort of justice is this?” asked Kahlon.

He accused SHO of Ghanian Ke Bangar of helping Congress men. SSP Opinderjit Singh denied the accusations made by Kahlon. “I am busy deploying my forces to fight Covid and I am not even aware of the incident. I will hold an inquiry and only then will I be in a position to comment,” he said.