State govt employees stage dharna seeking Bains’ arrest

GURDASPUR : As many as 250 government employees staged a dharna at the district administrative complex in Gurdaspur on Tuesday seeking arrest of Atma Nagar (Ludhiana) MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains for reprimanding Gurdaspur DC.

Jaswant Singh Dalam, Punjab Patwar Union, said the employees will continue their protest until Bains was arrested in the case registered against him at the city police station, Batala.

Later the leaders decided that they will reassemble on September 13 to chalk out their further course of action. Meanwhile Bains filed an application in the court of the Gurdaspur district sessions judge seeking bail and the court has fixed September 12 for hearing on his application.

DC Ujwal said that all firecracker units in the district have been asked to re-verify their licences as only four of them are running legally. We have received six applications for renewal of the licences, he said, adding that so far three FIRS have been registered against the erring owners of these factories besides six such factories have been closed.

The DC said that the administration has also identified legal heirs of 18 deceased to provide them ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh each.

LIP MEMBERS DEMAND WITHDRAWAL OF ‘FALSE’ CASE

AMRITSAR : The leaders of Lok Insaaf Party on Tuesday staged a protest in Amritsar against Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh for registering a ‘false’ FIR against Bains.

Over 80 members of LIP, led-by party’s Majha president Amrik Singh Varpal, gathered at the Hall Gate, here at 12 noon and burnt the effigy of chief minister. While raising slogans, the protestors also alleged that the CM has registered the FIR as Bains had challenged the closure report of alleged Ludhiana city centre scam in high court.

Varpal said Bains did not using any abusive word against the DC and rather he was eager to help the family members of blast victim.