(Says inquiry should be conducted against Tript Rajinder Bajwa
and other Cong men who obstructed justice and case should be registered against
them.)
Chandigarh, January 4 – Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today
while condemning police inaction which led to the suicide of international
Karate player Kuldeep Kaur in Batala yesterday, demanded an inquiry into the
political interference by rural development minister Tripat Rajinder Singh
Bajwa and other Congressmen in the case.
In a statement here, the SAD president while expressing his
heartfelt condolences with the bereaved family, said the manner in which the
State police had become a tool of Congressmen had been exposed by the victim’s
brother – Satwant who had failed to win justice for his sister and mother.
“Satwant, an army personnel, extended his leave several times and appealed for
justice to everyone from the Station House Officer (SHO) to the Director
General of Police (DGP) but was denied the same”.
Stating that a case should be filed against Minister Tript
Rajinder Bajwa as well as former Chairman Balwinder Singh Billa for obstructing
the police force from conducting its duty as disclosed by the victim’s brother
Satwant, the SAD president said but for this international player Kuldeep
Kaur’s career would not have been snuffed out in her youth. He said action
should also be taken against other police officials in Batala who had denied
justice to Kuldeep and her mother after a murderous assault on them few months
back.
Mr Badal said the State was slipping into jungle raj because the
Congress government was unable to rein in its goonda elements. “In fact
immediately after the Congress came into power in March this year it encouraged
its workers to settle scores with their political opponents. This led to
bizarre incidents like Akali veteran Gurbachan Singh Khalsa being shot down by
a Congressman after being threatened on a loud speaker. Our sarpanch and his
family members were killed in Ferozepur after threats on social media. Even our
dalit supporters were not spared and a family saw its head being disrobed and
beaten while its women members were molested”.
The SAD president said the situation had become such that
Punjabis had lost faith in the law and order machinery. “Recently the family of
Jaitu businessman Ravinder Kochhar sold off their rice mill and other property
and decided to shift abroad when the State police failed to arrest the
gangsters who gunned down Kochhar after he did not agree to their extortion
bid. Such days were not seen even in the height of terrorism days”, he added.
