Murder bid charge in dung dump case withdrawn

Chandigarh, January 6

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today ordered withdrawal of Section 307 against protesting farmers who dumped cow dung outside an ex-BJP minister’s house.

Capt Amarinder, who also holds the Home portfolio, has also ordered transfer of the SHO who had registered the “attempt to murder” case, which is now being probed by a Special Investigation Team (SIT).

The CM said the SHO had gone overboard in registering a case under Section 307 of the IPC. “There was no attempt to murder,” he said, referring to the Hoshiarpur incident in which a group of protesters had unloaded a trailer full of cow dung in front of former Punjab minister Tikshan Sud’s residence.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister has termed as correct and justified the arrest of Punjabi singer Shree Brar for promoting gun culture in a music video. “Promoting gangsterism and gun culture in this manner is absolutely wrong,” he said, adding that the case had been registered correctly in the matter, which related to an old song of the singer. — TNS