Chhattisgarh: Four arrested over Raipur rally in support of Amritpal Singh

Four persons have been arrested in Raipur over a rally taken out in the city allegedly in support of absconding Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh police saidThe arrests took place on Thursday The accused all residents of the Chhattisgarhs capital city have been identified as Diler Singh Randhwa 46 Manindarjeet Singh alias Mintu Sandhu alias Harinder Singh Khalsa 44 and Harpreet Singh Randhawa alias Chintu 42Based on the investigation findings coupled with inputs gathered through footage from CCTV cameras installed at the spot Raipurs Civil Lines police registered an offence under sections 147 153A 504 and 5051b of Indian Penal Code IPC and arrested four persons Raipur Police said in a statementFirst they were served notice but their replies were not satisfactory and to avoid any law and order situation the action was taken Additional Superintendant of Police Raipur told ANIAlso Read Did Amritpal Singh flee Punjab on SundayThe issue was raised in Chhattisgarh Assembly on Thursday as BJP MLA Ajay Chandrakar sought a discussion on it by moving an adjournment motion noticeChandrakar alleged that a rally was taken out in support of Khalistan Joining him on the issue BJP MLAs questioned how such a rally was taken out and slammed police for its alleged intelligence failureReportedly BJP MLAs sought the Chief Ministers statement on the issueAs the notice was rejected Opposition members started shouting slogans seeking the chief ministers reply following which the proceeding was adjourned for five minutes After the House resumed BJP legislators again raised the issue following which Minister Ravindra Choubey said that the CM will give a statement regarding the rally in the House laterIn his statement in the house chief minister Bhupesh Bhagel said around 3035 people took out a foot march raising slogans from the Telibandha area without permission Police have been directed to examine the video footage of itAction will be taken against those who were found raising antinational slogans in the video during the rally CM Baghel saidThe chief minister said As far as the Sikh community is concerned their sacrifices for the country cannot be ignored but antinational activities will not be allowed to take placeMeanwhile BJP MLA Ajay Chandrakar said that Bhagels statement should be taken as a resolution and be passed in the House Later another BJP MLA Brijmohan Agrawal said such a rally was taken out in two places in the country first in Punjab and then in Raipur and the incident has maligned the image of Chhattisgarh therefore the statement of CM should be considered as a resolution and his part support itThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever