‘Tajinder Bagga’s arrest illegal, Kejriwal pursuing vendetta’: BJP hits out at AAP

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday accused Punjab Police of “abducting” its chief Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, and alleged that AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is pursuing vendetta via the state police.

BJP chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa alleged {that a} Sikh, a reference to Bagga, has been “insulted” regardless of Punjab having a Sikh chief minister in Bhagwant Mann.

Bagga had been “unmasking” Kejriwal’s lies, and that’s the reason he has been focused, Sirsa mentioned at a press convention.

Another Delhi BJP chief, Nupur Sharma, cited a courtroom ruling to say that police from one other state should inform native police earlier than making any arrest.

Punjab Police’s motion, she mentioned, was unlawful because it didn’t inform its Delhi counterparts.

Punjab Police mentioned it has arrested the Delhi BJP spokesperson from his residence within the nationwide capital in reference to a case registered within the state.

Delhi Police has registered a case of abduction following a grievance by Bagga’s household.

Punjab Police had booked Bagga final month on costs of creating provocative statements, selling enmity and legal intimidation.

The case was registered on a grievance from AAP chief Sunny Ahluwalia, a resident of Mohali.

The FIR referred to Bagga’s remarks on March 30, when he was a part of a BJP youth wing protest outdoors Kejriwal’s residence in Delhi.

He had come below hearth from AAP, which is ruling each Delhi and Punjab, for his tweet towards the Delhi chief minister over the film “The Kashmir Files”.

Vehicles bringing Bagga, who has been extremely vocal towards Kejriwal on social media, from Delhi to Mohali received held up in Haryana’s Kurukshetra.

Sources mentioned the autos have been taken to a police station in Kurukshetra’s Pipli.

Asked why the Punjab police crew had been stopped, a Haryana police official mentioned there was info that Bagga had been “forcibly” picked up from his residence.

“We have to verify and crosscheck these things,” he mentioned.

Senior Haryana police officers have been current on the spot.

There have been additionally reviews of some BJP staff reaching the Pipli police station to protest Bagga’s arrest.

As the scenario escalated with the AAP and the BJP buying and selling costs, the Delhi Police registered a case of kidnapping based mostly on a grievance by Bagga’s father that some folks got here to his home in Delhi’s Janakpuri round 8 am and took away his son.

The Punjab police, in an announcement, mentioned Bagga was being dropped at Punjab and can be produced earlier than a courtroom.

Bagga (36) was arrested within the morning from his house following due means of regulation, the Punjab Police mentioned whereas claiming that regardless of being served 5 notices, he didn’t be part of the investigation.

Last month, the Punjab Police booked him on costs of creating provocative statements, selling enmity and legal intimidation.

The case was registered on a grievance of AAP chief Sunny Ahluwalia, a resident of Mohali.

The FIR registered on April 1 referred to Bagga’s remarks on March 30, when he was a part of a BJP youth wing protest outdoors the Delhi chief minister’s residence.

The Delhi BJP spokesperson got here below hearth from the AAP, which is ruling each Delhi and Punjab, for his tweet towards Kejriwal over ‘The Kashmir Files’ film.

Bagga’s arrest triggered a powerful response from the BJP which accused the Punjab Police of “abducting” the get together spokesperson, and alleged that AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is pursuing vendetta via the state police.

It additionally alleged that Kejriwal has a “dictatorial mindset”.

BJP chief from Punjab and the get together’s nationwide basic secretary Tarun Chugh tweeted, “The manner in which Kejriwal is misusing Punjab Police is condemnable. The Punjab Police has arrested Bagga from his home.”

“They behaved inhumanly with Bagga and his father. But remember (Arvind) Kejriwal Ji, your such acts cannot scare a true Sikh,” he mentioned within the tweet.

Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta mentioned a grievance has been lodged on the Janakpuri police station within the nationwide capital over the Punjab Police allegedly beating Bagga’s father.

“FIR was lodged at Janakpuri police station over the Punjab Police beating Tajinder Bagga’s father.

Sending 50-60 Punjab Police personnel to the home of the younger BJP chief, forcibly lifting him and getting his aged father overwhelmed up is proof of the dictatorial mindset of Arvind Kejriwal,” he tweeted in Hindi.

BJP chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa alleged {that a} Sikh, a reference to Bagga, has been “insulted” regardless of Punjab having a Sikh chief minister in Bhagwant Mann.

Bagga had been “unmasking” Kejriwal’s lies, and that’s the reason he has been focused, Sirsa mentioned at a press convention.

Another Delhi BJP chief, Nupur Sharma, cited a courtroom ruling to say that police from one other state should inform native police earlier than making any arrest.

Punjab Police’s motion, she mentioned, was unlawful because it didn’t inform its Delhi counterparts.

In the morning, Delhi BJP chief Kapil Mishra claimed that “over 50 Punjab police personnel arrested Tejinder Bagga from his house. It seems Arvind Kejriwal has used the Punjab Police’s might to silence Bagga”.

In a video posted on Twitter, he alleged the Punjab Police was being “misused” towards activists and never for sustaining regulation and order within the state.

Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor mentioned the get together strongly condemns the arrest of Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga.

“It’s extremely shameful that Kejriwal has began political misuse of energy and the police in AAP-ruled Punjab to scare his opponents.

Every citizen of Delhi stands with Bagga and his household on this hour of disaster,” he mentioned.

Following the arrest, the Punjab Police, in an announcement, mentioned “The accused was served five notices under Sections 41 A CrPC to come and join the investigation. The notices dated April 9, 11, 15, 22 and 28 were duly served upon. Despite that, the accused deliberately did not join the investigation.”

“On Friday morning, by following due process of law, the accused has been arrested from his home in Janakpuri, New Delhi. He is being brought to Punjab and will be produced before a court,” it mentioned, including that additional investigation was on.

The FIR towards Bagga was registered below related IPC sections, together with 153-A (selling enmity between completely different teams on grounds of faith, race, place, and many others.), 505 (whoever makes, publishes or circulates any assertion, hearsay or report) and 506 (legal intimidation).

According to the Punjab Police assertion, the FIR was based mostly on a grievance about “instigation/incitement/criminal intimidation to cause violence, use of force, imminent hurt in a predesigned and orchestrated manner by making/publishing provocative, false and communal inflammatory statements through his interview given to the media and through his Twitter posts”.