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SAD flays assault on journalist by Congress workers

Former deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday condemned the alleged assault on…

SAD flays assault on journalist by Congress workers

Sukhbir Singh Badal (PHOTO: Facebook)

Former deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday condemned the alleged assault on a Gidderbaha journalist by Congress workers.

He said the attackers were aligned with Indian Youth Congress (IYC) chief and Gidderbaha legislator Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and it was unfortunate that now even the media had been taken into the ambit of vendetta politics unleashed by Congress elements in Punjab.

In a statement, Badal said it was even more condemnable that the State police was sleeping on the case despite a full and complete disclosure about the accused by the Punjabi daily journalist – Shivraj Raju as well as another reporter present on the spot.

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“No arrests have been made in the case. What is stopping the police from arresting the accused who are close associates of the Gidderbaha legislator?” he asked.

Stating that Congress elements were freely assaulting anyone who opposed them, including the media, Badal said the assault on Shivraj Raju was a clear message to the media that dissent would not be tolerated in the present regime and would be muzzled brutally.

“Shivraj was not only beaten mercilessly but was forced to drink alcohol as well as urine which is sure to emotionally scar him for life”.

This is a fit case for inquiry by the State Human Rights Commission also, the SAD president said while demanding the immediate arrest of Warring’s personal assistant Jaspreet Singh and Gidderbaha truck union president Charanjit Singh Dhillon.

Meanwhile,  the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab convener Gurpreet Singh Waraich has also  condemned the attack on the a Gidderbaha journalist by Congress workers.

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