Chargesheet against Bittu, Ashu for locking civic body office

The Ludhiana police on Friday filed a chargesheet against Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu, former Punjab Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu and former legislator Sanjay Talwar in a case involving the charge of using criminal force to deter a public servant from duty.

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The case pertains to an incident on February 27, 2024, when Bittu, a Congress leader then, stormed a Ludhiana Municipal Corporation office along with party leaders Ashu and Talwar.

The leaders had allegedly clashed with the police and locked the gate of the civic body’s Zone A office.

The chargesheet was submitted in a local court in the absence of the accused.

Following its, Judicial Magistrate Jugraj Singh directed all accused to appear before it on March 17.