Sunday 22 May 2011

SHO suspended on BJP complaint

SHO suspended on BJP complaint
Rajay Deep
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, May 24
The district police suspended SHO Phul, Sukhchain Singh, accused of threatening and offering money to a BJP candidate from Harnam Singh Wala block samiti zone for the withdrawal of his nomination form.

Confirming the suspension of the SHO Sukhchain Singh, a senior police officer further said four accused had been arrested for assaulting the BJP activists, while some of the accused were still at large.
Sukhchain Singh was deputed as SHO Phul in the absence of Sukhdev Singh, who had taken leave near the elections. But after his suspension, the later has joined today.
President of the district BJP (rural) Dyal Dass Sodhi said they had placed three demands before local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia and SAD-chief Sukhbir Badal during their recent visit.
The first was to get the SHO in question suspended. Secondly, arrest of the accused, who assaulted BJP leaders in village Burj Gill on the elections day. And thirdly, cancellation of the case registered against BJP leaders, who damaged the Orbit buses while lodging their protest against the high-handedness of the ruling SAD during the elections.
It may be mentioned that in FIR number 370 dated May 13, BJP activists Narender Mittal, Raju Mittal, Sunil Bitta, Pawan Kumar, Gurinder Kaur Mangat, Mohan Lal, Kultar Singh and Yash Pal Jaura were booked under sections 283, 427, 148, 149 and 188 of the IPC, but could not be arrested till date.
According to information available, some leaders of the BJP have filed an application for cancellation of the case but district BJP president Narender Mittal expressed his unawareness.

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