Ludhiana DIG shifted for ‘threatening’ MLA

The transfer orders came after Congress legislator took up the matter with Captain Amarinder Singh

CHANDIGARH: A senior IPS officer Yurinder Singh Hayer, who was posted as deputy inspector general (DIG), Ludhiana range, was transferred on Wednesday for using “threatening tone while illegally summoning Congress MLA from Jalandhar West Sushil Rinku.”

The officer has now been posted as joint director, Punjab Police Academy (PPA), Phillaur.

As per the MLA, the matter pertains to a land dispute case, wherein a local hotelier and former NRI Sabha president Kamaljeet Hayer recently got orders of possession of a chunk of land in Bhargo Camp area through a court.

But the MLA has been opposing the possession on the ground that poor families were having shops and houses on the land for the past 35 years. He is demanding that before displacing these families, alternate arrangements should be made. “But around 15 days ago, I got a call from the DIG asking me to meet him in Country Inn hotel owned by Kamaljeet at around 6 pm. Since I was attending a cremation ceremony at that time, I expressed my inability to see him. At around 7 pm, the DIG called up again and in a threatening tone asked me to immediately come to the hotel,” said the MLA.

“Hun tun MLA ban gaya. Chup chaap aaja tainu dasdan main. Nahi te tainu mera pata hai (You have become an MLA now. Come here without making any fuss, I tell you. Otherwise, you know me quite well),” the MLA quoted DIG as saying.

Rinku said at that point of time, he told the DIG to mind his language but the latter did not stop there and went on to say that ignoring a police officer can cost him (MLA) dear.

The MLA claimed that the police officer was apparently drunk when he threatened him.

Rinku, thereafter, took up the matter with CM Capt Amarinder Singh, the state chief secretary and DGP. “The CM Saab called me up to know what happened, but no action could be taken as he was in mourning after the death of his mother,” said the MLA.

Sources told HT that before initiating any action, the CM asked the DGP to look into the matter. Though top police officials are not willing to come on record on the issue, sources said an internal probe ordered by the DGP found the DIG guilty .

Notably, Yurinder served as commissioner of police, Jalandhar, and SSP, Jalandhar (rural), when Rinku was a Congress councillor in Jalandhar MC.

“The hotelier and DIG are friends and the officer was threatening the MLA not to intervene ,” said a cop.

Hun tun MLA ban gaya. Chup chaap aaja tainu dasdan main. Nahi te tainu mera pata hai. (You have become an MLA. Come here without making any fuss. Otherwise, you know me quite well) YURINDER SINGH HAYER, DIG