Sukhbir, supporters booked for thrashing Congman at Lambi
CHANDIGARH/MUKTSAR/MOGA: Former deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and some party workers were booked on Wednesday for allegedly thrashing a Congress worker at Killianwali village in Lambi segment of Muktsar district during zila parishad and panchayat samiti polls, officials said.
A case under Sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered, Muktsar SSP Manjit Singh Dhesi said.
Sukhbir has been named in the first information report (FIR), the SSP said.
The complainant identified as 55-year-old Jatinderpal Singh alleged he was thrashed by a group of Akali workers led by Badal, SSP Dhesi said.
He alleged his vehicle was also damaged and that he was given life threats, the official said. The complainant claimed Akali workers pelted stones at him and his associates.
He alleged Badal was leading a group of over 100 supporters at Killianwali village and Akali workers were beating up other workers and claimed a video of the incident surfaced on social media, an official said.
It was alleged that Sukhbir “provoked the workers” to thrash Congress supporters, the official said.
Harpal Singh, a local Congress leader, said, “We were standing in front of the village school when several persons who were with Sukhbir Badal came and started thrashing. They attacked our worker with sticks. ”
Akali Dal workers were also accused of thrashing a Congress candidate’s relative when he allegedly tried to cast a bogus vote.