Mohali court issues new arrest warrant against BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga

Chandigarh: Hours after it failed to secure the custody of Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Bagga in a case of provocative remarks -- following a day-long slugfest on Friday -- the Punjab police on Saturday obtained a fresh non-bailable warrant against Bagga from a Mohali court.

The Mohali district court issued the NBW against Bagga in connection with the case registered against him on April 1 for his alleged inflammatory posts in the media.

The development comes a day after the Punjab Police operation to arrest Bagga floundered as the due process had not been followed while picking up the BJP leader from his residence. Later, the high-handed action got embroiled in an ugly face-off with Delhi and Haryana Police.

The Punjab police had arrested Bagga from his Janakpuri residence on Friday morning, but his journey to Punjab was cut short with Haryana police intercepting his convoy in Kurukshetra on the plea that the BJP leader was being abducted.

After a day-long ride on merry-go-round, the Delhi police eventually secured Bagga’s custody and managed to ferry him back to the national Capital; all this with the assistance of the Haryana administration.

Posting the matter for May 23, the Mohali court of judicial magistrate (1st class) Ravtesh Inderjit Singh said it was necessary in the interest of justice to issue an NBW for accused Bagga, who was deftly evading arrest to frustrate the investigation.

Mohali DSP Sukhnaaz Singh, in turn, informed the court that there was no stay on his arrest; nor had any anticipatory bail application been moved by him.

HC DEFERS HEARING FOR TUESDAY

Earlier in the day, the Punjab and Haryana High Court adjourned proceedings in the matter of the alleged detention of Punjab police officials by the Delhi and Haryana police till May 10. It was submitted by the police of the two states that

they had not detained any Punjab police personnel in Haryana, said additional solicitor general of India, Satyapal Jain, appearing on behalf of the Delhi police.

CBI RAIDS AAP MLA IN BANK FRAUD CASE

Meanwhile, in a significant development, a day after the Delhi police and the Punjab police clashed over the arrest of the BJP leader, the CBI on Saturday raided the premises of Punjab AAP MLA Jaswant Singh, in connection with Rs 40.92 crore loan fraud case registered against a company in which Singh was a director.

According to reports, the CBI said that about Rs 16.57 lakh, around 88 foreign currency notes, property documents, several bank passbooks and other incriminating documents were recovered from the premises linked to the accused.

However, reacting to the CBI searches, Singh held that he had done nothing wrong and accused the Central BJP of misusing central agencies to target its political opponents.

Published on: Saturday, May 07, 2022, 11:24 PM IST