Book Akali MP for seeking votes in Panth’s name: AAP
Thursday, 08/05/2014
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Faridkot : A day after the police arrested an advocate for sending an “offensive” SMS to Faridkot MP Paramjit Gulshan, advocates in the city are up in arms against the MP and the district police.
They boycotted the courts and staged a dharna in front of the SSP’s office today.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) too joined the protest. It has demanded that the Election Commission should take notice of a large number of pre-recorded voice messages sent by the Akali candidate across the constituency on April 13.
The party alleged that one such pre-recorded voice message, generated on the mobile number of Dr Rupinder Singh, son-in-law of Paramjit Gulshan, reportedly seeking votes on the name of the Panth, was received by a large number of voters in the nine Assembly segments of the constituency on April 13.
Offended, Faridkot advocate Jagdeep Singh Bajwa reportedly replied to the recorded message with an SMS and made some offensive remarks against the MP.
On April 24, Gurpreet Singh, Paramjit Gulshan’s PA, lodged a complaint with the police. A case was registered under Section 66-A of the Information and Technology Act and Section 125 of the Representation of People’s Act.
But on May 6, the police added a non-bailable offence, hurting the religious feelings of a person (Section 295-A) in the FIR and Jagdeep Singh was put behind bars.
