Punjab chief of opposition and Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa failed to look earlier than the cyber crime police station in Section 7, Mohali, on Monday and sought time until 2pm on Tuesday to face questioning after he was booked for his current declare that fifty bombs had arrived within the state.
Punjab chief of opposition and Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa failed to look earlier than the cyber crime police station in Mohali on Monday and sought time until 2pm on Tuesday to face questioning after he was booked for his declare that fifty bombs had arrived within the state. (HT Photograph)
The FIR was registered towards Bajwa in Mohali on Sunday night time underneath Sections 197(1)(d) (false and deceptive data that endangers nation’s sovereignty and unity) and 353(2) (false statements intend to create enmity and hatred or unwell will) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after he failed to determine the supply of his startling declare to a TV channel that fifty grenades had entered Punjab, of which 18 had already exploded, whereas 32 remained lively and unexploded. Within the interview, Bajwa expressed concern over the uncertainty surrounding the targets of the remaining grenades.
His assertion got here after the border state witnessed 16 incidents of grenade assaults since September 2024, focused primarily at police posts, non secular locations, and residences, the most recent being the assault on BJP chief Manoranjan Kalia’s home in Jalandhar on April 8.
Part 353(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which offers with false statements meant to create enmity or hatred, is non-bailable. Which means that a person arrested underneath this part can’t be launched on bail earlier than a courtroom listening to. The part additionally specifies a punishment of imprisonment for as much as three years, or with high quality, or with each.
The summons by cyber crime cell superintendent of police (SP) Harbir Singh Atwal learn: “In pursuance of Sub Section (3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, I hereby inform you that during the investigation of FIR No. 19 dated April 13, 2025 under Sections 353(2) and 197(1) of the BNS registered at Cyber Crime police station, Phase 7, SAS Nagar, it is revealed that there are reasonable grounds to question you to ascertain facts and circumstances in relation to the present investigation. Hence, you are directed to appear before me at the police station concerned on Monday noon.”
Bajwa, by his counsel, expressed his lack of ability to look earlier than the police in Mohali on Monday midday and sought time until 2pm on Tuesday to take action, saying he had acquired the summons late on Sunday night time.
Bajwa’s lawyer met police officers and guaranteed them that the Congress chief would current himself for questioning on Tuesday.
In the meantime, the Punjab Congress is making ready to problem the FIR towards Bajwa in courtroom. Senior get together leaders are holding discussions to plan a technique to counter the Aam Aadmi Social gathering authorities’s actions on the difficulty.
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring referred to as for a protest on the get together headquarters in Sector 15, Chandigarh, at 10am on Tuesday to protest towards the Aam Aadmi Social gathering authorities’s motion towards the chief of opposition. “The Bhagwant Mann government is misusing the police to browbeat its rivals,” he mentioned.