Were disrupting police drive to close 2 diversions for smooth traffic flowShivani BhakooTribune News Service
Ludhiana, June 22
Ludhiana, June 22
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A resident of Rishi Nagar shows injury marks
on his back outside the Police Commissioner’s
office in Ludhiana on Friday.
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High
drama was witnessed on Hambran Road here this afternoon when policemen,
led by Assistant Commissioner Police (Traffic) Navin Jindal, went to
close two diversions on the road opposite Kali Maa Temple.
About four senior elected Congress councillors, including Balkar Singh (Councillor ward number 55), Dr Jaiprakash (ward number 30), Gurpreet Bassi Gogi (ward number 53) and Maharaj Singh Raji (ward number 28), who tried to "borrow" time from the police for closing the particular two diversions were allegedly lathicharged by the policemen for disrupting the task.
While the Congress councillors alleged that they were ill-treated and lathicharged by the policemen when they resisted the move of closing the diversions, the police maintained that since it was for the betterment of the general public for a smooth traffic flow, the councillors disrupted the police's working by blocking the road. The police admitted that to carry on with their drive, they were pushed away by the cops and not lathi-charged.
These four Congress councillors were brought to the office of Ashish Chaudhry, Deputy Commissioner Police in the evening by the traffic policemen led by Jindal. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, another Congress councillor, also accompanied the four councillors to Chaudhry.
Talking to The Tribune, Balkar Singh in whose ward the incident took place said they were the elected representatives of the public, but the city police had "thrashed" them without listening to any of their pleas as they belonged to the Opposition Party (Congress). Another Congress councillor Gogi said it was a "politically-motivated" move and they were perturbed over the "rude" behaviour of the police.
Meanwhile, the councillors were taken to the office of the DCP where they held detailed discussion over the issue.
Ashish Chaudhry, however, said the councillors had raised certain objections and the police would again visit the site tomorrow to see what best could be done without hurting anybody's sentiments. On asking whether lathi-charge took place, Chaudhry said that police just pushed away the protesting councillors and residents to evacuate the road as they were not letting cops carry on with their drive.
Common man suffers
On asking whether any of the Councillor was injured during the lathi-charge, the councillors maintained that they were saved by the grace of God but were badly "dragged" by the police. It may be mentioned here that in this whole inclident, it was again the common man, who faced the music. Residents including Pankaj Kumar, Vicky, Gurpreet, Neeraj, Narinder Kumar etc received minor injuries during the scuffle between the police and political leaders while the councillors were "saved".
Case not registered
As these councillors tried to "disrupt the drive" initiated by the police, a case against them could have been registered. But the police failed to register any case against them or residents who created the ruckus.
About four senior elected Congress councillors, including Balkar Singh (Councillor ward number 55), Dr Jaiprakash (ward number 30), Gurpreet Bassi Gogi (ward number 53) and Maharaj Singh Raji (ward number 28), who tried to "borrow" time from the police for closing the particular two diversions were allegedly lathicharged by the policemen for disrupting the task.
While the Congress councillors alleged that they were ill-treated and lathicharged by the policemen when they resisted the move of closing the diversions, the police maintained that since it was for the betterment of the general public for a smooth traffic flow, the councillors disrupted the police's working by blocking the road. The police admitted that to carry on with their drive, they were pushed away by the cops and not lathi-charged.
These four Congress councillors were brought to the office of Ashish Chaudhry, Deputy Commissioner Police in the evening by the traffic policemen led by Jindal. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, another Congress councillor, also accompanied the four councillors to Chaudhry.
Talking to The Tribune, Balkar Singh in whose ward the incident took place said they were the elected representatives of the public, but the city police had "thrashed" them without listening to any of their pleas as they belonged to the Opposition Party (Congress). Another Congress councillor Gogi said it was a "politically-motivated" move and they were perturbed over the "rude" behaviour of the police.
Meanwhile, the councillors were taken to the office of the DCP where they held detailed discussion over the issue.
Ashish Chaudhry, however, said the councillors had raised certain objections and the police would again visit the site tomorrow to see what best could be done without hurting anybody's sentiments. On asking whether lathi-charge took place, Chaudhry said that police just pushed away the protesting councillors and residents to evacuate the road as they were not letting cops carry on with their drive.
Common man suffers
On asking whether any of the Councillor was injured during the lathi-charge, the councillors maintained that they were saved by the grace of God but were badly "dragged" by the police. It may be mentioned here that in this whole inclident, it was again the common man, who faced the music. Residents including Pankaj Kumar, Vicky, Gurpreet, Neeraj, Narinder Kumar etc received minor injuries during the scuffle between the police and political leaders while the councillors were "saved".
Case not registered
As these councillors tried to "disrupt the drive" initiated by the police, a case against them could have been registered. But the police failed to register any case against them or residents who created the ruckus.
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