Kotkapura firing: Advocate General Atul Nanda must quit, says Cong leader Ravi Grewal

Moga, April 17

Senior Congress leader and social worker Ravinder Singh Grewal, alias Ravi Grewal, today made a direct attack at the state government over the handling of sacrilege cases, holding Advocate General (AG) Atul Nanda responsible for failing to defend the SIT report in the Kotkapura firing case before the HC.

Grewal was the Secretary of the PPCC, which was dissolved a few months ago.

The quashing of the SIT report by the HC had resulted in loss of face for the Congress government as a fair investigation and punishment for the guilty police officials were among the key poll promises made by CM Capt Amarinder Singh in the last elections, said Grewal, seeking resignation of the Advocate General. Stating that it was the duty of the AG to appear and defend the state government in various courts, Grewal alleged in the present case, the AG did not appear himself and paid Rs 5.5 crore to lawyers from Delhi to defend the cases. — TNS