Bathinda, March 17
Baljeet Singh Daduwal, a radical Sikh leader, along with eight others, who were booked for an attempt to murder and belonged to various Sikh organisations, has been sent to judicial custody at Faridkot Jail till March 31.
In the case, the Jaito police booked Daduwal and around 40 unidentified persons for assaulting policemen when they were stopped from moving towards a religious programme of a Dera Sacha Sauda follower at Bajakhana village on Monday.
Earlier, in the morning, Daduwal along with 13 others were sent to judicial custody in Bathinda jail till March 24 as a preventive measure.
As per the details gathered, the Bathinda police had arrested as many as 96 radical Sikhs, who were accused of blocking the Talwandi Sabo-Bathinda road for couple of hours in a protest against the Faridkot police on Monday.
According to senior police officers, 51 of the protesting Sikhs were kept at the Kotfatta police station, 31 at Maur and 14, including Daduwal, were kept at CIA police station under the custody of the Sadar police station. They all were booked under sections 107 and 151 of the CrPC.
While alighting from police lorry, Daduwal accused the CM of being a kingpin behind the whole incident as he was focusing on the Dera votes. He also charged the Faridkot police with beating them up and then 'falsely implicating' them in a case related to attempt to murder.
He said the Faridkot police opened fire on them, served them with lathis and damaged their vehicles, adding, "None of our followers shot fire from the 'licensed' weapons they were carrying."
The arrested Sikhs also alleged that they were not even medically examined in the police station.
When contacted, Ashish Chaudhary, SSP Bathinda, said, "All this had been done to maintain law and order. A team of doctors has been sent in jail for their check up."
In a late development, 31 Sikhs, who were booked at the Maur police station, were being transported to the Barnala jail when, on reaching near military Cantonment, they smashed the windowpanes of a police vehicle. They also lodged resentment from going to Barnala jail. Observing the high-voltage drama, the police took them to the Bathinda jail.
Baljeet Singh Daduwal, a radical Sikh leader, along with eight others, who were booked for an attempt to murder and belonged to various Sikh organisations, has been sent to judicial custody at Faridkot Jail till March 31.
In the case, the Jaito police booked Daduwal and around 40 unidentified persons for assaulting policemen when they were stopped from moving towards a religious programme of a Dera Sacha Sauda follower at Bajakhana village on Monday.
Earlier, in the morning, Daduwal along with 13 others were sent to judicial custody in Bathinda jail till March 24 as a preventive measure.
As per the details gathered, the Bathinda police had arrested as many as 96 radical Sikhs, who were accused of blocking the Talwandi Sabo-Bathinda road for couple of hours in a protest against the Faridkot police on Monday.
According to senior police officers, 51 of the protesting Sikhs were kept at the Kotfatta police station, 31 at Maur and 14, including Daduwal, were kept at CIA police station under the custody of the Sadar police station. They all were booked under sections 107 and 151 of the CrPC.
While alighting from police lorry, Daduwal accused the CM of being a kingpin behind the whole incident as he was focusing on the Dera votes. He also charged the Faridkot police with beating them up and then 'falsely implicating' them in a case related to attempt to murder.
He said the Faridkot police opened fire on them, served them with lathis and damaged their vehicles, adding, "None of our followers shot fire from the 'licensed' weapons they were carrying."
The arrested Sikhs also alleged that they were not even medically examined in the police station.
When contacted, Ashish Chaudhary, SSP Bathinda, said, "All this had been done to maintain law and order. A team of doctors has been sent in jail for their check up."
In a late development, 31 Sikhs, who were booked at the Maur police station, were being transported to the Barnala jail when, on reaching near military Cantonment, they smashed the windowpanes of a police vehicle. They also lodged resentment from going to Barnala jail. Observing the high-voltage drama, the police took them to the Bathinda jail.
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