Capt flays assault on police officer
Wednesday, 26/12/2012
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Chandigarh : Condemning the assault on SS Mand, Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIGP) Intelligence, Ludhiana, by one Sunny Johar, believed to be an associate of Revenue minister Bikram Majithia, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today warned that such instances would demoralise the Punjab Police.
He pointed out that after the murder of a policeman by an Akali activist and the beating up of a police man on traffic duty,"now a senior police officer of the rank of SSP has been beaten up in full public view in Ludhiana." Amarinder alleged that such incidents vindicated the Congress stand that goons groomed and patronised by Majithia had become a law unto themselves. He asked Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to tame Majithia, lest he sent the state into anarchy.
The PCC chief referred to the encounter between criminals and the police in Mattewal village in the Majithia assembly segment today in which gangster Sulakhan Mattewal, Majithia's "henchman" was involved. He alleged that while five of his accomplices were arrested, Sulakhan was allowed to escape.
Congress leaders Sukhpal Khaira, Laal Singh, Brahm Mohindra, Parminder Pinky and Navtej Cheema said it was ironical that the police officer who had been injured was state police chief Sumedh Singh Saini's right hand man while the “Akali goonda” who had beaten him up was Mijithia's right hand man.
They said it was unfortunate that the Punjab Police, which had succeeded in wiping out terrorism, was being targeted by Akali goons and urged the Chief Minister to intervene.
The Congress leaders also demanded a judicial probe into the incident and demanded that Majithia be sacked from the Cabinet.
