Ludhiana MP Ravneet Bittu, 3 other Congress leaders released on bail in gate locking case

Ludhiana, March 6

A court here on Wednesday ordered the release of Ludhiana Congress MP Ravneet Bittu and three other party leaders on bail, a day after they were arrested in connection with locking the main gate of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation head office during a Congress protest here last month.

The court ordered the release of Bittu, former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Ludhiana city Congress chief Sanjay Talwar and former senior deputy mayor Sham Sunder Malhotra on bail.

All the four Congress leaders were sent to Nabha jail on Tuesday immediately after their arrests.

Notably, days after a lock was put on the main gate of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation building near Clock Tower during a Congress protest here, the police arrested Bittu, Ashu and two other party leaders.

They courted arrest at mini-secretariat in the presence of party workers. They raised slogans against the AAP government.

Following a brief scuffle, the police took the Congress leaders in a van after arresting them.

After their arrest, they were produced before a local court here which granted them judicial remand.