Cops rescue BJP leaders in Rajpura after midnight High Court order

Chandigarh/Patiala, July 12

The Punjab and Haryana High Court convened at midnight on Sunday to ask the DGP and Patiala SSP to personally ensure the safe exit of BJP leaders and workers, allegedly detained in a house in Rajpura by farm union activists.

Berjeshwar Jaswal and 14 other petitioners through advocate Anil Mehta pleaded for immediate directions to ensure their safety. Keeping in view the urgency of the situation, Justice Suvir Sehgal ordered telephonic service of notice to the police administration and other respondents through the Advocate-General and Additional Solicitor-General of India. The case was again taken up on Monday afternoon with a DSP submitting a status report, saying all BJP leaders and workers had been rescued.

Meanwhile, the Rajpura police have registered an FIR against unidentified protesters for attacking cops as they escorted the BJP leaders to safety. Scores of farmers had on Sunday laid siege to a BJP worker’s house in Guru Arjan Dev Colony, Rajpura, where party leaders, including Punjab unit general secretary Subhash Sharma and Patiala in-charge Bhupesh Aggarwal, were present. “Despite senior officers at the spot, the protesters hurled bricks at us when we were being escorted out of the house,” Aggarwal said.

The farmers claimed the BJP workers used offensive language and Aggarwal’s gunman brandished a pistol at them. — TNS

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