Lok Insaaf Party chief and MLA Simarjit Singh Bains booked for rape.
LUDHIANA: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday demanded the immediate arrest of Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) leader Simarjit Singh Bains after the Punjab and Haryana high court rejected his plea to squash the order of the lower court, which had directed the LIP leader be booked on charges of rape, conspiracy and criminal intimidation.
SAD leader Harish Rai Dhandha, while terming the verdict as the victory of human rights, said now Bains’ plea had been rejected, the government should take action against the police officers, who had shielded him for eight months and had even refused to register a case against the LIP legislator for four days after a local court directed them to do so. He said the minister’s role in shielding Bains should also be probed.Dhandha also appreciated the courage shown by the victim, a 44-year-old widow, who he alleged had to face threats and intimidation from Bains. “Now, we are confi
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LUDHIANA: High drama was witnessed outside the office of cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Wednesday, when leaders and workers of Shiromani Akali Dal gathered there to protest to seek arrest of Lok Insaaf Party MLA Simarjit Singh Bains, who has been booked in a rape case.
The Akali leaders alleged that the Congress government has failed to take timely action against Bains, as earlier there was a delay in the registration of the case and now the cops were not arresting him. The protesters alleged that Ashu was saving Bains.
Heavy police force was deployed around the residence and the office of the cabinet minister for controlling the protesters. The situation turned tense when agitators tried to break the barricades and the cops used force and resorted to cane charge to stop them from crossing the line.
LUDHIANA: The district unit of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept farmers’ demands to repeal the new laws and end this conflict. The leaders claimed that due to this ongoing farmers’ stir with the Union government, the country had become a laughing stock among other countries.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the party leaders claimed that when the neighbouring countries were waiting for a moment to attack India, the central government is wasting time on these issues. They said even the GDP was going low and there was unemployment in the country, which was also increasing. So, first these issues should be tackled instead of bringing such laws.