Punjab Police on today raided Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Mehrauli MLA Naresh Yadav’s home in Delhi in connection with a registered in relation to beadbi of Quran in Malerkotla, but he was not present at his home or at his office.
The Punjab police today prevented march from Bhai Bhagta to Bargari. The march was announced by Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and United Akali Dal (UAD) to protest against an incident of beadbi of Gurbani at Bhagta Bhaika that took place late last month.
In the aftermath of yesterday's clash in Phagwara the Punjab police chief has reportedly placed local DSP Kanwalpreet Singh under suspension and attached him with Police Headquarters, Chandigarh on account of his failure to anticipate and handle the recent law & order situation in Phagwara.
Slamming the state home minister Sukhbir Singh Badal for vitiating the atmosphere of Punjab to get mileage out of it, the Dal Khalsa today termed the police crackdown on the organizers of the march proposed to be taken out from Bhagta Bhai to Bagrari on July 17 against incidents of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib as totally unjustified and unwarranted.
Eight police personnel were booked on July 7 for 'staging' an encounter in Amritsar in June 2015 in which Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) leader Mukhjit Singh Mukha was shot dead by the police.
For a turban-wearing, Urdu-reading Hindu of Taran Taran, Punjab, the court’s recess was 23 years too long. On June 30, 100-year-old Chaman Lal breathed his last, two days before the case he had been pursuing for over two decades was to resume in the CBI court, Patiala.
As per media reports Justice (retd) Zora Singh, who headed the commission of inquiry into incidents of beadbi of Guru Granth Sahib in Faridkot district and the police firing at Behbal Kalan village, has sought police security from Punjab government.
Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav was interrogated by the Sangrur police for about five hours at the crime investigation agency (CIA) staff police station in Patiala yesterday about the June 24 beadbi of Quran in Malerkotla.
Booked by the Punjab police in relation to beadbi of Quran in Malerkotla city of Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi MLA Naresh Yadav met the Punjab Police chief Suresh Arora yesterday along with other party leaders.
Aam Aadmi Party's MLA from Delhi, Naresh Yadav, was booked on Saturday in connection with a case of alleged Quran ‘desecration' in Punjab, reported The Indian Express.
Bringing in yet another twist to the Malerkotla Quran beadbi case, the Punjab Police now maintains that the an Aam Aadmi Party MLA in Delhi had allegedly masterminded the beadbi incident.
Chaman Lal, a resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab died today at the age of over 90 years. He waited for over two decades to see the Indian courts holding trial of police personnel accused of killing his son during enforced disappearance.
Justice Zora Singh Commission, appointed by the Punjab government to "probe" the Behbal Kalan police firing incident submitted it's report yesterday.
Punjab police have arrested three persons for committing beadbi of Quran in Malerkotla. The police said that the main accused Vijay Kumar is from Jind in Haryana and his alleged accomplices Nand Kishore Goldy and his son, Gaurav, are from Begowal village in Taragarh area of Pathankot district.
Alleging undue harassment of Sikh youth by the Faridkot police, representatives of various Sikh groups and local Sikh sangat held a protest at NH 15 highway.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has criticised the government and the police over persistent incidents of beadbi of Gurbani and other sacred texts in the state.
A dera chief who was shot at by two unidentified men at Barchugi village in Bhogpur town near Jalandhar on late Saturday evening, has reportedly died. As per Hindustan Times (HT) Pritam Singh, had considerable following in the area.
United Khalsa Dal (UK), a UK based Sikh body, has condemned the Punjab police action against acting jathedars, who were prevented from opening a control room office near Talwandi Sabo on June 23.
An enquiry commission appointed by the Punjab government has reportedly finished it's probe into Behbal Kalan police firing incident and related events. According to certain media reports, the one man commission headed by Justice Zora Singh will handover its probe to Punjab’s chief home secretary on June 30.
The Ludhiana police reportedly arrested Amit Arora, a youth leader of Hindutva body Shiv Sena, for staging an attack on himself.
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