No relief to Punjab Police from HC

CHANDIGARH : The Punjab Police failed to get any relief from the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday over the alleged illegal detention of its team in Haryana. The Punjab Police team was bringing BJP leader Tajinder Bagga from Delhi in connection with an FIR registered in Mohali.

The high court bench of justice Lalit Batra heard the habeas corpus plea twice on Friday afternoon seeking release of 12 of Punjab cops, who police claimed that have been illegally detained by the Haryana police in Kurukshetra. At 2 pm, Punjab’s plea was taken up and hearing was fixed for 4 pm asking Haryana and Delhi police to respond to the allegations in the plea.

Punjab advocate general Anmol Rattan Sidhu had demanded that a warrant officer be appointed and 12 policemen, who have been illegally detained along with Bagga, be allowed to bring him to Punjab. He said Bagga was being probed in an FIR by Mohali police. “He was sent five notices to appear before police. However, he did not appear. It was then police decided to arrest him,” Sidhu said adding that role of Haryana police had been “depreciable”.

No illegality has been committed. Punjab police have videographed arrest of Bagga and a policeman was sent to Janakpuri police station. However, local police did not make the requisite entry in their register, Sidhu had told the court. Police, in their plea, had sought release of inspector Shiv Kumar, SI Reena, assistant sub-inspectors (ASI), Amandeep Verma, Deepak Singh and Gurpartap Singh, and constables Amritpal Singh, Satnam Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Harinder Singh, Rajbir Singh, Amritpal Singh, and Simranjit Singh.