Chandigarh: Leader of Opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira has written a letter to Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) requesting to transfer of investigation of FIR No. 52 dated 04.05.2018 PS Mehatpur against Hardev Singh Laddi Congress candidate from Shahkot and the FIR registered at PS New Baradari against Inspector Parminder Singh Bajwa, out of Punjab preferably to Chandigarh police.
Khaira writes in his letter
As stated above the feud between Capt. Amarinder Singh Chief Minister Punjab and Mr. P.S.Bajwa Inspector who dared to register FIR No. 52 at PS Mehatpur pertaining to illegal mining against the Congress candidate from Shahkot and others, has turned into an ugly slugfest with the Chief Minister making it a personal issue to settle scores with the said police officer. The turn of events leading to the arrest of Mr. P.S.Bajwa Inspector yesterday by the Jalandhar police, smack of extreme vendetta against the police officer as he besides registering the said FIR against Congress candidate, has publically spoken against the bullying tactics of the Chief Minister and the highly politicised police machinery of the state.
It is a matter of deep concern for the people of Shahkot as well as the state of Punjab, that while there has been no further investigation in the FIR registered against the Congress candidate Hardev Singh Laddi despite grave charges of illegal mining, but the police took no time to arrest Mr. P.S.Bajwa Inspector at Jalandhar yesterday for minor offences and that too on the complaint of a police officer. Needless to mention, the Punjab police is known to concoct fictitious complaints, fabricate evidence and indulge in falsely implicating people.
The real cause of the hurried arrest of Mr. P.S.Bajwa is actually an outcome of Capt. Amarinder Singh’s personal hatred against the said police officer, as he dared to publically reply to the Chief Minister’s charges of immoral character. It is a matter of record, that while Mr. Bajwa stood his ground on the FIR about illegal mining registered by him, he also chided the Chief Minister for keeping a Pakistani women friend at his official residence in Chandigarh, besides indulging in immoral activities of watching “Mujra” etc.
It is also a matter of record, that Capt. Amarinder Singh questioned the timing of registration of illegal mining FIR wondering why it was registered in the early hours of the day. Is it an offence to act swiftly particularly when the ECI had sought a report on the complaint against Congress candidate Hardev Laddi? By doing so the Chief Minister has become a party with the culprits and accused named in the FIR.
The partial attitude of the Punjab police and the civil administration at Shahkot also stood exposed the day Chief Minister accompanied accused Hardev Singh Laddi for filling of nomination papers, before the Returning Officer. Since there are non bailable sections of illegal mining against the Congress candidate Hardev Singh Laddi and he has not secured bail from any court of law, he should have been arrested by the police that day. If Mr. Bajwa Inspector can be arrested at the drop of the hat, what prevents the police and RO from arresting Hardev Singh Laddi?
Let me bring to your notice that the said Inspector Mr. P.S.Bajwa is at the mercy of ECI as he will be falsely implicated, tortured and even eliminated physically by the Punjab police on instructions from the Chief Minister.
Sir, I want to state that Mr. P.S. Bajwa Inspector who has become the target of Chief Minister and the police was a blue eyed officer of the current government until he registered the illegal mining Fir against Congress candidate Hardev Singh Laddi. He was awarded the DGP’s Commendation the state’s highest police decoration on 18th January 2018 (copy attached) apart from his name being sent in the panel to the ECI. I’m surprised how such a brilliant police officer could turn a villain in the eyes of the government, is it merely because he dared to register a Fir against congress leader?
Therefore, I am of the considered opinion that the turn of events of last few days and the intimidating attitude of Capt. Amarinder Singh as Chief Minister, it is highly impossible to hold free and fair by election to the Shahkot assembly constituency. Hence, I once again reiterate my demands as follows.
- A “Protem” Chief Minister be appointed in Punjab till the model Code of Conduct is in place, so that he doesn’t misuse the police and civil administration to influence the by election.
- The ECI should immediately initiate strict action against Capt. Amarinder Singh for flouting the election code of conduct by accompanying Hardev Singh Laddi Congress candidate for filing nomination papers, despite non bailable sections against him and without his securing bail from any court of law.
- The SSP Jalandhar Rural Mr. Gurpreet Singh Bhullar be immediately transferred out of his current posting for acting under political instructions of the Chief Minister.
- The further investigation into the said FIR’s against Congress candidate Hardev Singh Laddi and Mr. P.S.Bajwa Inspector be transferred out of the state of Punjab, preferably to Chandigarh, Haryana or Delhi for an impartial inquiry.
- Punjab Police be immediately replaced with central para military forces for the conduct of polling for the by election.
- A FIR be also registered against Laddi Sherowalia Congress candidate on the basis of sting already provided to the CEO Punjab, wherein he is clearly seen demanding Rs. 8 lac per month “Goonda-Tax”, from the mining contractors of Caimwala khud.