Bikram S Majithia asks Pb police to explain why SP Harpal S Randhawa was seen shaking hands with militant Narayan S Chaura prior to the murderous bid of S Sukhbir S Badal.
Chandigarh, December 5 – Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia today asked the Punjab Police and well as the Amritsar Police Commissioner to explain why SP Harpal Randhawa shook hands with Babbar Khalsa International operative Narayan Singh Chaura when the latter conducted a recce of Sri Darbar Sahib on December 3, one day prior to the murder bid on S Sukhbir Singh Badal, and why the police force did not take the militant into custody even on the next day despite knowing about his antecedents.
SAD leader displayed footage
Addressing a press conference here, the senior SAD leader displayed footage from the Sri Darbar Sahib complex to show how SP Harpal Randhawa was on friendly terms with Chaura despite knowing that the latter was a hardcore militant who had more than 30 cases registered against him. “The SP and Chaura are from the same assembly constituency of Dera Baba Nanak”. He also showed how police personnel seemed to be tracking Chaura but not taking any action to apprehend him which had put a question mark on the conduct of the Punjab Police.
Majithia said that even yesterday, SP Randhawa was seen entering the Information Office at Sri Darbar Sahib exactly three minutes before the attack on Mr. Badal, despite being supposedly on high alert.
Narayan Chaura : Majithia condemned Amritsar police commissioner
Mr Bikram Majithia also condemned Amritsar police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar of caving in under pressure from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and deliberately calling one media person to his residence and giving a byte to give the impression that the attack on S Sukhbir Badal could have been engineering to create sympathy for the Akali leader. The SAD leader stated that this was a lie, aimed at diverting attention from the Amritsar police’s complete failure to protect Mr. Badal. He added, “It would be better if the police commission explains to Punjabis why none of the 175 personnel posted at Sri Darbar Sahib even attempted to frisk Narayan Chaura , let alone apprehend him.”
Amritsar Police threatening the Shiromani Committee staff
Mr. Majithia clarified that a security personnel assigned to the Badal family, who was off duty yesterday, averted the attack. Jasbir Singh, posted with Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, was sent to Amritsar on December 3 to assist with her visit to Sri Darbar Sahib, as he is a Gursikh who regularly performs ‘sewa’ at the shrine. Mr Majithia also asserted that the Amritsar Police was threatening the Shiromani Committee staff for making CCTV footage of the day of the shootout public as it was exposing their failure to avert the attack.
The SAD leader also addressed the sudden spike in terrorist activities. He stated that following the recent recovery of RDX from Ajnala, militants lobbed a grenade into the Majitha police station. Despite images of broken window panes and shrapnel damage circulating publicly, he said the Majitha police foolishly claimed that the blast occurred due to a tire burst while a policeman manually filled air into his motorcycle tire. “Today the claim of the BKI that it was responsible for the grenade attack has again exposed the Punjab Police”, he added.
SAD would file cyber crime complaints with the State police
The Akali leader condemned the launch of a paid hate campaign against the SAD and Mr. Badal on social media.He said the SAD would file cyber crime complaints with the State police in this regard and would also take recourse to legal action against all those posting distorted and fake images on social media with the sole aim of defaming the SAD.
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