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Former chairman of Haryana's Special Publicity Cell arrested in Panchkula

Rocky Mittal. File photo.

Sanjay Bumbroo
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, March 9

YouTube singer and former chairman of the special publicity cell of the Haryana Government has been arrested by a joint team of the Panchkula and Kaithal police from his house in Panchkula’s Sector 4 on Tuesday morning.

On Tuesday, a magistrate's court in Kaithal remanded him in police custody until March 12, Kaithal City Station House Officer Shiv Kumar said.

Police also added new charges against Mittal---hurting a public servant while he's doing his duty (section 332), causing grievous hurt to a public servant doing his duty (section 333), and assaulting a public servant on duty (section 353) of the Indian Penal Code.

Kaithal SHO Shiv Kumar said police found the judge's beacon and they were trying to establish how many others were involved in the case.

The case dates back to May 18, 2015, when Munish Mittal, a commission agent was murdered at the new grain market. Commission agents blocked the road in protest against the murder. Rocky Mittal blocked the way when a judge was travelling through Jind during the protest. It was alleged that Rocky had not only misbehaved with the judge but also assaulted him. Kaithal City police had registered a case against Rocky and others.

Rocky Mittal had opened a front against Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The Haryana government later removed him from the chairman of the Special Publicity Cell. After being removed from the post, Rocky had not only questioned the functioning of the officers of the Chief Minister’s Office, but was also constantly attacking Khattar.

Rocky, a self-acclaimed Narendra Modi bhakt came into limelight for his song series ‘Modi Amritwani’ on YouTube. He had gained popularity in the saffron party circles by singing paeans to Modi in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha election, performing at his political rallies in Gujarat and some other places and distributing free CDs of his songs across the country.