Ferozepur, August 19, 2017: No one can deny that in Punjab, those in power have been misusing their connections to browbeat their opponents, get them implicated in cases and settle scores. Unfortunately, irrespective of the political party in power, the police have always been the whipping boy.
The Akali Sarpanch, Tilak Raj and Panch Gokal Chand of village Vasal Mohan Ke – Golu Ka Moud – falling in Guruharsahai Assembly constituency presently represented by Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Congress MLA – have leveled charges of harassment, threatening with dire consequences and registration of false cases, on police and administration officials.
Divulging with the details in a press conference held in Press Club, Ferozepur, Tilak Raj Sarpanch said, he was elected Sarpanch during 2013 by residents of village Vasal Ke and had arrange the illegal possession on a piece of land of 6 kanals of Panchayati land from Boota Singh. With this background, Boota Singh uprooted the fixed bricks from the way leading to cremation ground and a police case was registered against him on July 8, 2014. The case is still under litigation and he is being threatened with dire consequences to back-out from the witness in the court.
Talking about the excess on the formation of Congress government, Tilak Raj Akali Sarpanch alleged that a false case was registered against him on March 14, 2017 and keeping aside the rules, the department appointed official Panch. However, the resolution on this account has to be cancelled on having a required quorum with the panchayat.
Sarpanch Tilak Raj and SC Panch Gokal Chand alleged that now the opposition party is trying to involve them in false cases with a conspiracy to dispose off the case.
They have demanded justice by floating lettes to DGP, SSP, DC and others to stop the excesses on them on political influences.
The investigation by Babushahi.com reveals that complaints of political vendetta are nothing new to Punjab. Force is being misused to browbeat political opponents of the ruling party maintaining that this is mostly done at the lower level – SHO and seldom at the level of district police chief or higher.
But with the change of political scenario in the state, things have not changed the way they should have. Now the same SAD leadership is day in and day out accusing the Congress government to harass and implicate SAD workers in false cases.